Analysis of Human Education and Excellence in Socrates-Plato's Intellectual System

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1 MA of Philosophy, Farabi Campus, University of Tehran, Qom, Iran

2 Professor of Philosophy, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran. Iran

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Studying education problems in view of socrates-plato, and sophist's means studying their point of view regarding humans’ progression in the being and their journey towards prosperity. During Classical Greek Sophists, declared that the effort to find the world’s governing necessities and thinking about abstract concepts is pointless. In their view, prosperity forms in the means of gaining proficiency in fields like eloquence and using these skills in social life. On the contrary, Socrates believed that the true meaning of education can not be limited to these doctrines; one should gain awareness about prosperity itself. Humans’ can not perceive the position of their desires in the path of prosperity unless they obtain true awareness about the semantics of prosperity. With considering virtue as the source for prosperity and providing “The Cave’s” example, Socrates demonstrates that existence contains layered realities. While criticizing the sophists’ definition of eloquence, he recognizes their students lacking true wisdom and finds actual growth in dialectic. Socrates’s dialectic shows the importance of going through different levels of truth while asking about the place of everything by humans. On this ground, he conducted conversations with the people of his society. In his educational system, a tutor is one who is familiar with the reality of the world and shows the contradictions of the learner's knowledge by asking proper questions. This way, the tutor informs the learner about his lack of wisdom and provides a platform for common progress to find the truth.

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Journal of Philosophical Investigations
Volume 16, Issue 40 - Serial Number 40
Special Issue: Philosophy of Education (In Persian)
2022
Pages 52-67

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