Jiang's label for the educational process by which Beatrice leads Dante toward truth instead of simply asserting it.
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Socratic dialogue
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...moron, and here's the truth. Why is she engaging in this dialogue, this Socratic dialogue? What's the point of this? Yes?"
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A method of argumentative questioning that exposes contradictions and the limits of what people think they know.
Socratic dialogue is presented as a method for exposing ignorance by slowly revealing the flaws in statements people believe are self-evidently true.
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"...moron, and here's the truth. Why is she engaging in this dialogue, this Socratic dialogue? What's the point of this? Yes?"
"...would spend all day arguing with people in something called a Socratic dialogue. He would spend all day arguing with people in something called..."
"...would spend all day arguing with people in something called a Socratic dialogue. And showing the flaws in your reasoning. Showing you why you..."
"...Socrates did. And this is what he called a sphere. psychotic dialogue and actually we still use this in many different places like for..."
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