Question: Who used a question and answer method of arriving at important truths?

context: The motive for the modern usage of this method and Socrates' use are not necessarily equivalent. Socrates rarely used the method to actually develop consistent theories, instead using myth to explain them. The Parmenides dialogue shows Parmenides using the Socratic method to point out the flaws in the Platonic theory of the Forms, as presented by Socrates; it is not the only dialogue in which theories normally expounded by Plato/Socrates are broken down through dialectic. Instead of arriving at answers, the method was used to break down the theories we hold, to go "beyond" the axioms and postulates we take for granted. Therefore, myth and the Socratic method are not meant by Plato to be incompatible; they have different purposes, and are often described as the "left hand" and "right hand" paths to good and wisdom.
question: Who developed a question and answer method to arrive at important truths?
short_answers: Socrates
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question: Who is a famous user of the Socratic Method?
short_answers: Plato

Answer: Socrates was the first to attempt the question and answer method of arriving at important truths by engaging in discussions with his fellow Athenians. Plato later put Socrates' methodology into writing and formalized it.