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The Socratic Teacher Turns His Students Away From Himself And Back Onto Themselves; He Hides In Paradoxes, Makes Himself Inaccessible. The Intimate Relationship Between Student And Teacher Here Is Not One Of Submission, But Of A Contest For Truth.

-Karl Jaspers

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The Socratic Teacher Turns His Students Away

Karl Jaspers

The Socratic Teacher Turns His Students Away From Himself And Back Onto Themselves; He Hides In Paradoxes, Makes Himself Inaccessible. The Intimate Relationship Between Student And Teacher Here Is Not One Of Submission, But Of A Contest For Truth.

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