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posted May 28, 2017 08:11 PM            

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posted May 28, 2017 08:50 PM            

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America is a Republic.

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posted May 28, 2017 09:48 PM            

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Yes and Socrates laid out the pitfalls way back when.. he was required reading for those who wanted to be considered educated in the days of the FFs. And the Socratic method was valued over antagonistic propounding of one -sided views.

Though The Republic was actually written by Plato, using Socrates' voice...

Socratic method, also known as maieutics, method of elenchus, elenctic method, or Socratic debate, is a form of cooperative argumentative dialogue between individuals, based on asking and answering questions to stimulate critical thinking and to draw out ideas and underlying presumptions.

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posted May 29, 2017 04:27 AM            

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Originally posted by Randall:
America is a Republic.

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So ?

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posted May 29, 2017 07:59 AM            

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Socrates was required reading for me as well.

I`m certain our founding fathers were also well versed in socratic thinking.

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posted May 29, 2017 05:37 PM            

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I'm not sure what your point is supposed to be. Most politicians are lawyers. And law school is based on the Socratic Method.

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