Introduction

Being Socratic could mean different things to different admirers. Plato and Xenophon were certainly inspired by Socrates, but they did not seek to imitate him. Writing about Socrates was a way of failing to imitate him given that he didn't write anything. But perhaps this is a rather superficial idea of what it would mean to follow Socrates' example. To be truly Socratic is not merely to ask certain types of questions, but to give certain answers to those questions.