... bringing something new into the mind of the student, but instead awakening within him knowledge which he already possessed. Thus, the moment of learning is seen as being accidental. The discovery made in the learning process could be achieved in a variety of ways. An example of this would be the knowledge that two plus two equals four. It would not matter if you learned this from a parent, an elementary school teacher, or simply by observing a quantity of something. The concept would be something which you comprehend through your own understanding of the world. The person who explained it would be merely helping find this knowledge within yourself. This concept, like all those learned in this type of relationship, is a universal one shared by all. Thus the Socratic teacher who is described at the ethical level is not given any special significance. Although he is capable of ...

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