Socratic teaching is not designed to do that, although a healthy spirited dialogue in the classroom, most assuredly is.

(The two opened the evening in Prokofiev's Sonata for Two Violins, offering a spirited if sometimes imprecise dialogue.)

I therefore look forward to an honest and spirited dialogue about the balanced budget amendment.

Even as the nation engages in a spirited dialogue on issues like welfare reform, education and job training, places like 129th Street exist as a world apart.

Such spirited dialogue may ultimately do more than laws to bridge the canyons created by apartheid.

It is a spirited dialogue between the ploughman, whose wife Margaretha has recently died, and Death.

Her spiky interior thoughts and the spirited, affectionately caustic dialogue she maintains with the rest of the world save her story from triteness, though not always.

Rich read Sara Quin's entire letter about Tyler the Creator and there was spirited dialogue that followed.

The shamisen player sets the pace, while the narrator slips into each part, producing surprisingly spirited dialogue in a sing-song tone, along with occasional commentary.

These women clearly enjoyed their spirited dialogue.