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The so called '''Socratic principle''' can be expressed as imperative ''"follow the argument wherever it leads"''. It is an expression extracted from ''the Republic'', the classic work by [[Plato]], the disciple of [[Socrates]].{{#tag:ref|Socrates didn't leave any writings, but Plato, his disciple, wrote a great deal about him, those these accounts may reflect as much Plato's thought as Socrates'.<ref>{{Cite book
| author = Norman L. Geisler and Ronald M. Brooks
| year=1990
| title = When Skeptics Ask
| chapter = 6. Questions about Jesus Christ
|page = 136
| isbn = 978-0-8010-7164-5
| url = http://books.google.no/books?id=hF24HwAACAAJ&dq=when+skeptics+ask&hl=en&sa=X&ei=imcgT7foFpPU4QS1m5yIDw&redir_esc=y
| publisher = Victor Books, Baker Books
}}</ref>|group=note}}
The late world famous philosopher [[Antony Flew]] proclaimed that his departure from [[atheism]] was caused by consequent adherence to this principle.<ref name="Flew">{{Cite book|title=There is a God, How the world's most notorious atheist changed his mind|author=Antony Flew|publisher=HarperOne|year=2008|isbn=978-0-06-133530-3|pages=75, 89|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=zbL66ePcjpQC&dq=Antony+Flew+There+is+a+God&source=bl&ots=o0jEX-bGMl&sig=Rrf5Tv5MynLGVHFOhZy95LFfLGw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Zfx_UI7sNLDY4QSLi4HAAQ&redir_esc=y|quote=This statement represents a major change of course for me, but it was nevertheless consistent with principle I have embraced since the beginning of my philosophical life - of following the argument no matter where it leads...When I finally came to recognize the existence of a God, it was not a paradigm shift, because my paradigm remains, as Plato in his Republic scripted his Socrates to insist: "We must follow the argument wherever it leads."}}</ref>
==Notes==
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==References==
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| author = Norman L. Geisler and Ronald M. Brooks
| year=1990
| title = When Skeptics Ask
| chapter = 6. Questions about Jesus Christ
|page = 136
| isbn = 978-0-8010-7164-5
| url = http://books.google.no/books?id=hF24HwAACAAJ&dq=when+skeptics+ask&hl=en&sa=X&ei=imcgT7foFpPU4QS1m5yIDw&redir_esc=y
| publisher = Victor Books, Baker Books
}}</ref>|group=note}}
The late world famous philosopher [[Antony Flew]] proclaimed that his departure from [[atheism]] was caused by consequent adherence to this principle.<ref name="Flew">{{Cite book|title=There is a God, How the world's most notorious atheist changed his mind|author=Antony Flew|publisher=HarperOne|year=2008|isbn=978-0-06-133530-3|pages=75, 89|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=zbL66ePcjpQC&dq=Antony+Flew+There+is+a+God&source=bl&ots=o0jEX-bGMl&sig=Rrf5Tv5MynLGVHFOhZy95LFfLGw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Zfx_UI7sNLDY4QSLi4HAAQ&redir_esc=y|quote=This statement represents a major change of course for me, but it was nevertheless consistent with principle I have embraced since the beginning of my philosophical life - of following the argument no matter where it leads...When I finally came to recognize the existence of a God, it was not a paradigm shift, because my paradigm remains, as Plato in his Republic scripted his Socrates to insist: "We must follow the argument wherever it leads."}}</ref>
==Notes==
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==References==
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