What did Socrates hope to achieve by practicing the Socratic method?
A) He hoped to show that knowledge is impossible.
B) He wanted to show that a skillful debater could win any side of any argument.
C) He wanted to display the fact that he was indeed the wisest man in all of Greece.
D) He wanted to detect misconceptions and reveal them by asking the right questions.
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