Catholic social teaching is partly based on the assumption principle that there is an ideal of justice that can be discovered and be held up as a criteria with which to evaluate current legal arrangements. ... Three ancient thinkers helped articulate concepts of justice that form the basis for much of western thought and catholic social teaching. ... His method of teaching was to dialogue with his students, questioning their assumptions, and cross-examining what people thought to be true. ...

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These points discussed new and advised teaching methods, how man is related to or with the world; and the responsibility that enlightened individuals have to mankind. ... He strongly suggests that for teaching to be the most effective it must be cognitive or revolutionary forum. ... In this Freire argues a revolutionary teaching method, but does so in an essay that follows the style of narrative banking, while Plato rigidly portrays his methods in the way that his writing is developed and constructed. ... Their aid in seeking personal enlightenment could be anyone or anything and come from ...

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How Socrates "Corrupted the youth of Athens Socrates was a Greek Philosopher who would initiate a question-answer method of teaching, as a means of achieving self knowledge. Socrates did not write any books about himself or his teachings, but he had a dedicated student by the name of Plato. ... He would have conversations or argue his opinion with anyone who was willing to listen, the self knowledge that he inculcated were basis for his teachings. ...

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Knowledge is obtained through the dialectic method, which is the way to gain knowledge through a structured conversation. ... This was one of the differences the sophists and Socratic teachings. ... Socrates taught the dialectic method proving that knowledge was achievable and that you do not persuade someone's mind to force the truth upon the but rather guide there mind in the correct direction to see the truth for themselves....

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The teaching of philosophy would help shape Western civilization into the greatness that it would become. ... Socrates, the father of Western philosophical thought, left behind the Socratic method. ... Teaching Alexander the Great helped spread philosophic inquiries to the Western world. ... Though they were not appreciated then, now in the 20th century, a new appreciation has developed of their methods and its relevance to education, literary criticism, the analysis of human actions, and political analysis. ...

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And yet I am pretty well aware that it is by these very methods that I make enemies" (Elliot, 1999:9). ... He applied the methods of his discourse, cross-examination, to get Meletus to reveal a flaw in his own argument. ... Socrates was also a poor man as he never charged anyone for his teachings. ...

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The most persistent command was "know thyself", according to many of the Ancient philosophical teachings. ... He has a method of inquiry consists of identifying what his interlocutor, person who takes part in a conversation, thinks he knows, and then slowly dissecting those claims of knowledge using a series of questions. ...

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It was said that, "Socrates does injustice and is meddlesome, by investigating the things under the earth and the heavenly things, and by making the weaker speech the stronger, and by teaching others these same things.... He wrote what was his method of philosophy as far as seeking wisdom through a scientific method. The method was broken down into four parts starting with never accepting anything as truth that was not plainly so. ... (Descartes and Cress 11) Since the seventeenth century, scientists follow this method for thorough research and finding solutions to problems that benefit ...

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On the other hand, the authors differ on the methods used to uncover knowledge. ... Socrates says, "There is no such thing as teaching, only recollection."" ... While there is a similar theme of learning in both works, the authors differentiate between the methods used to uncover knowledge. ... In conclusion, Plato and Bransford both regard learning as a form of recollection that people develop, but they differ on the methods used to construct new knowledge. ...

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Besides ESP and recurring dreams, there are another six types of dreams that occur in the unconscious mind during the dream state, which include clearing house, teaching, problem solving, precognitive, visionary and outside interference dreams. ... Using these methods and understanding the symbolic meanings of your dreams will help a dreamer to see into their future. ... By studying and recording one's dream, such as keeping a dream journal, it will help the dreamer to see the lessons their dreams are teaching them and use them throughout their life. ...

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Meno debated whether virtue is achieved through teaching, or instead by practice, or rather obtained by one's birth (58). ... The hypothesis method is used to find out if virtue is teachable or a natural gift. ...

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During the Hellenic and Hellenistic periods, the ancient Greeks were hard at work, making long-lasting contributions to art, poetry, drama, sports, mathematics, science and philosophy. The Hellenic period, also called the "classical period, lasted from 1200 B.C. to 334 B.C. and were the years noted ...

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Thomas combined Aristotle's teachings with Christian doctrine. ... "Aristotle's basic method of inquiry consisted of starting from what we know or think we know and then asking how, what, and why. ...

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