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Socrates believed that knowledge is already contained in the heads of listeners, and the teacher's task is merely to bring this knowledge to the surface.

The steps of Socratic dialogue:

• The interlocutor puts forward a thesis
• Socrates describes a situation where the answer makes no sense and insists on acknowledging the contradiction
• The opponent agrees, and Socrates modifies the statement
• The process repeats until the answers approach truth