Maieutic

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Maieutic

Postby fmyers » Mon Feb 21, 2022 3:13 pm

This is an odd word that I'd like to know more about.

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Re: Maieutic

Postby Dr. Goodword » Mon Feb 28, 2022 4:24 pm

Sorry, been there, done that, have the T-shirt: https://www.alphadictionary.com/goodword/word/maieutic
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Re: Maieutic

Postby Slava » Mon Feb 28, 2022 4:39 pm

And here it is on the Agora. Or should that be IN the Agora?
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Re: Maieutic

Postby Dr. Goodword » Tue Mar 01, 2022 1:35 pm

It should definitely be "in the Agora", since the Agora was a marketplace. It was usually a gathering place for citizens where they talked, often people would go there without buying anything just to talk with friends. That's how the words metaphorical sense came about.
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