What, for Socrates, was the goal of philosophical inquiry? What method did he use in pursuing that goal?
Socrates agreed with the sophists that individual’s experience is very important for the continuity and survival of the specific individuality. He studied the injunction by knowing thyself that was manuscript on the temple of Apollo at Delphi to study the basic importance of justifying the contents of one’s own body mind and thoughts.
Hence, Socrates develop a method specifically known as inductive definition that starts with the examination of instances by studying the different concept such as love, beauty, justice and truth. This whole scenario is considered as the philosophical goal of inquiry that tells about the something different from others with the respect to discover general concepts by identifying and examining specific goals.
Socrates pursuing these goals by transcending the individuality manifestations and originality that are considered as to be more stable and knowable. He also postulated the different essence of knowledge with respect to justice, beauty, wealth and truth that pertains to the accomplishment of pursuing the philosophical goals.