| 单词 | socratic irony |
| 释义 | > as lemmasSocratic irony Socratic irony n. [compare post-classical Latin ironia Socratica (1518 or earlier)] feigned ignorance and disingenuousness of the kind employed by Socrates during philosophical discussions; cf. irony n. 2. ΚΠ 1721 J. Toland in Earl of Shaftesbury Lett. to R. Molesworth p. viii Of his innate disposition to Socratic Irony and innocent Raillery, you have many instances in his Writings. 1838 Q. Rev. Apr. 470 He [sc. Socrates] involved them in some self-contradictions, and drew on them the laughter of the bystanders. This was the well-known Socratic irony. 1892 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 13 350 Very admirable, too, are Professor Jowett's reproductions of the lofty strain of Socratic irony in the Gorgias. 1943 M. Millar Wall of Eyes xv. 200 I'm an ironist myself: Socratic irony I suppose you'd call it—but when I say I know nothing it's often true. 2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 11 June 10/2 By the formal means of sceptical dialogue Dryden hoped to integrate ancient Socratic irony with modern polite conversation. < as lemmas |
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