Why was the Socratic method made?

Answer 1

Since not much about the life of Socrates is known today, there's no clear, definite answer to this question. Nearly all that is known about it comes from the writings of one of his students, namely, Plato. As a young man, Socrates gave up trying to understand physical or material descriptions of causation. Instead, he developed a method of interrogation, question-and-answer interrogations, in an effort to determine for himself and others how to live wisely. Socrates himself didn't write any books. Plato, though, invented a new kind of literature, which is now known as the "Socratic dialogue." Plato wrote many Socratic dialogues. The elenchus or cross-examination in them usually has Socrates seriously examining some position held by the person he's talking with. Socrates claims to be helping people give birth to their own ideas. He believed that the unexamined life, the human life that is not tested by criticism, is not worth living.