Socratic Method

In societies there is usually one ideology that is built into the minds and thoughts of the people who are connected to that culture or society. Ideologies are used to keep in a “box” of thinking and to keep conformity amongst the society. The oppressors of society don’t want anyone to question their beliefs and their ways of thinking. The Socratic method of teaching is to think outside of that box and to not conform to the “normal” way of thinking, Socrates wants you to be able to fight the majority. This teaching method asks individuals to question why they think the way they do. What truly makes them believe that something is more right than something else? The reason that so many people are attacking Socrates is because they are scared, they are scared, one, of someone who would actually challenge their beliefs and the way that they think, and two, of a way of thinking that is different. Socrates is simply refuses to be oppressed by the common way of thinking in his culture. The pros of this style if thinking is no longer having to be stuck in the “box” of ideology, and being able to find your own truths. I don’t think that there are any really cons to this method of teaching, people are going to get mad at you and attack you, however, I wouldn’t see this as a bad thing, because they are only attacking you because they are scared.