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"Socratic dialogues" is a literary and philosophical category that designates works written as conversations patterned on the method of Socrates — a question-and-answer dialectic that probes definitions, assumptions, and moral or conceptual puzzles. Typically featuring a questioning protagonist who teases out contradictions, tests claims, and leads interlocutors toward clearer ideas (often without delivering tidy answers), these texts emphasize critical scrutiny, logical argumentation, and reflective inquiry over didactic exposition. Originating in the texts of Plato and Xenophon and later imitated and adapted by many writers, the genre includes both historical/philosophical specimens and modern pedagogical or fictional pieces that use dialogue to explore ethics, knowledge, justice, and other foundational topics.

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