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What is the primary objective of Socrates' maieutic method (*techne maieutike*) as depicted in Platonic dialogues?

To persuade audiences through sophisticated rhetorical techniques and emotional speeches. To transmit fixed dogmatic doctrines from master to disciple via lectures. To teach students how to win political debates at any cost regardless of truth. To act as an intellectual midwife, guiding individuals through dialogue to discover truth within their own souls.

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To act as an intellectual midwife, guiding individuals through dialogue to discover truth within their own souls.

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