# Psychagogy The psychagogy of [Ancient Greece](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece "Ancient Greece"), also known as [[maieutic]] psychagogy, involved [Socrates](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates "Socrates") (or another advanced teacher) helping a participant to “give birth” to new ideas, goals, plans, etc. Because these were claimed to have been latent within the participant, the teacher was described as a figurative midwife. ## Related Concepts ```dataview LIST FROM [[psychagogy]] and "References/Concepts" and -"Plans" and -"resources" ``` ## Related References ```dataview LIST WITHOUT ID "_" + "[" + Title + "]" + "(" + file.name + ")" + "_" + " (" + year + ")" FROM [[psychagogy]] and "References/Readings" and -"Plans" and -"resources" SORT year ```