Jan 13, 2025 · What did Socrates teach? Socrates professed not to teach anything (and indeed not to know anything important) but only to seek answers to urgent human questions (e.g., …

Aug 8, 2023 · Socrates was a scholar, teacher and philosopher born in ancient Greece. His Socratic method laid the groundwork for Western systems of logic and philosophy. When the …

Jul 12, 2024 · Socrates was an enigmatic Greek philosopher who lived in poverty and challenged societal norms through his confrontational questioning style. He rejected the title of "teacher" …

Søren Kierkegaard considered Socrates his teacher, [203] and authored his master's thesis on him, The Concept of Irony with Continual Reference to Socrates. [204] There he argues that …

Oct 29, 2014 · Today, NPR Ed kicks off a yearlong series: 50 Great Teachers. We're starting this celebration of teaching with Socrates, the superstar teacher of the ancient world. He was …

Nov 9, 2009 · His style of teaching—immortalized as the Socratic method—involved not conveying knowledge, but rather asking question after clarifying question until his students …

Sep 28, 2023 · Socrates was a remarkable teacher. By the age of 40, he taught in the streets, at banquets and in the agora, as the squares of the Greek polis were called. His teachings were …