Dialog sokratejski jako metoda terapeutyczna

Abstract

Socratic dialogue as a therapeutic method: This text addresses the question of the therapeutic value of Plato’s dialogues. Based on textual analysis and personal experience, I attempt to reconstruct Plato’s methods of philosophical practice. I highlight the differences between Plato’s conception of Socratic dialogue and the conception commonly expressed today. I define Socratic dialogue and distinguish its particular types, paying particular attention to the method of internal dialogue presented in The Republic. I explain the transformational nature of knowledge as it is presented in the dialogues, the dialogical nature of Plato’s thinking, and his polypsychism. Only in this light does the therapeutic dimension of Socratic dialogue become clear.