Confucius was actually one of the earliest users of the Socratic method. The following is a story that I read once upon a time. Wise man, for sure.

Confucius became known far and wide for his knowledge -- and, more importantly, for his wisdom. Eventually, he came to be sought after by fathers to teach their sons. When asked how much he desired as payment, Confucius's reply was, "Half of what you're able to give." He knew some men cheated him, but he didn't care. In fact, he used it as a lesson for his students. He asked them one day, "Do you know the difference between honesty and integrity?" His students did not, so he told them a story. "I asked your fathers to pay me based upon what they knew they could. I will not investigate to discover if they paid me fairly. I trust them to be honest. But before one can be honest, one must have integrity." The students were dumbfounded, so Confucius chuckled and went on. "You see, those who paid me fairly were truthful to me. But before they could be truthful to me, they had to accurately evaluate what they were able to pay -- they had to be truthful to themselves. Now can you tell me the difference between honesty and integrity?" The students, of course, gave the correct answer, which was one of Confucius's most famous teachings. Honesty is being truthful to others. Integrity is being truthful to yourself.

I, however, would define integrity differently. I would define integrity as doing the right thing regardless of the conesquences. I suppose Confucius's definition subsumes mine. I think they are more or less equivalent. If we assume that truth is immutable, and that for a particular situation there is but one "truthful" response or outcome, and that to be truthful is to be right, then the two definitions are equivalent.

I like to think I have integrity.