Socratic Method

       The Socratic Method is a way of interrogating by means of sequential questioning that makes the recipient start to rethink everything that they were previously believing. The Socratic Method is turning someone's viewpoint upside down, while walking rhetorical circles around them. The Socratic Method is also looking at an argument from both angles, addressing all issues, and working through them one at a time. Socrates was a master at turning the tables on someone, and an example of this is when Meletus accused Socrates of corrupting the youth, but all other citizens are a good influence. Socrates takes this, and brings in an analogy of a horse: asking if all mankind improves them, but one human corrupts them. He then shows how Meletus is showing off his ignorance, and folly logic, all while done in seamless speech. he got to this point by probing questions into the mind of Meletus, asking him to define what he is accusing Socrates of, until the point when Meletus would start to doubt himself. Socrates also addresses issues in a very organized fashion. He starts by addressing the accusation that has been underlying for years, all the slander brought against him, and moves on to answer issues in a chronological order, shooting them down one at a time. This leaves the "interrogatee" having their predetermined judgments shattered,  and finding themselves beeing shown a fool in front of everyone.