Socrates' Educational Thought Socrates (469-399 BC) was a famous philosopher in Athens. When he was young, Socrates received primary education and was proficient in mathematics and astronomy. As an adult, I am interested in politics. Politically, he supported the slave owners' aristocratic autocracy and opposed the slave owners' democratic Republic. Socrates' thought represents the traditional conservative thought of the slave class in Athens, but there are also many places worth pondering.

First, "know your ignorance"

In Education, Socrates first raised the question of what kind of people are wise and the relationship between knowledge and wisdom. Socrates concluded that those so-called wise men are not wise men. A wise man lies in "knowing his ignorance". The idea of "knowing their ignorance" is of great significance in the history of education.

First, Socrates' thought of "knowing his ignorance" puts forward the important qualities and attitudes that teachers should have in education and teaching, that is, modesty and sincere "ignorance" attitude.

Second, this idea has just become the basis of Socrates' teaching method.

Second, "virtue is knowledge"

"Virtue is knowledge" is also an important content of Socrates' educational thought. In his view, knowledge includes all goodness, and virtue is a kind of knowledge about goodness. Moral behavior occurs because the person who produces it has moral knowledge. Socrates spoke highly of the educational significance of "virtue is knowledge". In his view, because virtue is knowledge, the acquisition of virtue is closely related to education. Therefore, people who know good are obtained through education.