Midwifery is a unique teaching method advocated by the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates. Through in-depth conversation and question-and-answer between the two sides, the self-contradiction in each other's speech is skillfully revealed, and people are guided to gradually rise from concrete perceptual experience to abstract rational understanding, definition and understanding. Socrates' "spiritual midwifery" not only inspires people to think deeply with its unique teaching method, but also shows the importance of independent thinking and self-cognition, which is the core of humanistic spirit.

Socrates was a famous thinker, philosopher, educator and citizen juror in ancient Greece. Socrates, Plato, a student of Socrates, and Aristotle, a student of Plato, were also called "the three sages of ancient Greece", and were generally regarded as the founders of western philosophy by later generations.