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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, | + | 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, though these accounts may reflect as much Plato's thought as Socrates'.<ref>{{Cite book |
| author = Norman L. Geisler and Ronald M. Brooks | | author = Norman L. Geisler and Ronald M. Brooks | ||
| year=1990 | | year=1990 | ||
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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.[note 1]
The late world famous philosopher Antony Flew proclaimed that his departure from atheism was caused by consequent adherence to this principle.[2]
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- ↑ Norman L. Geisler and Ronald M. Brooks (1990). "6. Questions about Jesus Christ", When Skeptics Ask. Victor Books, Baker Books. ISBN 978-0-8010-7164-5.
- ↑ Antony Flew (2008). There is a God, How the world's most notorious atheist changed his mind. HarperOne, 75, 89. ISBN 978-0-06-133530-3. “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."”