A brief overview of the lives and contributions of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle

A brief overview of the lives and contributions of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle.

Socrates was a great philosopher in ancient Greek Philosophy. His ideologies went against the beliefs and philosophical traditions.

He largely contributed to ethical related issues since he strongly believed in good mannerism. His views opposed greediness and misuse of power by those in authority and this serves as a lesson to those entrusted in learning government affairs.

He valued truth above everything else, human life and advocated for responsibility in the education sector. This is a positive attribute especially to those entrusted to guide and empower young generation with education since he was a role model to philosophers and loved wisdom.

He felt that if people acted morally while fulfilling their daily obligations, they would be happy regardless of their achievement or failure. He was against westernization and was sentenced to death since he was deemed as a threat by the government due to his strong belief in philosophies he advocated for.

His enormous contributions in experimental mode of learning  promotes exposure of what is known and what is not and thus a trained teacher should not only facilitate learning; but rather carefully assess student’s capacity  and should thus contribute to their own discovery. His point of view that “An unexamined life is not worth living” has a great impact on our society today since it offers a great teaching on how knowledge should be nurtured across board to offer practical skills and expertise that match the needs of our generation.

His view on humanity promotes a culture of mutual respect for one another regardless of the status quo to ensure that people’s rights and freedom of expression are respected and granted without being intimidated.

Plato

His real name was Aristocles and his nickname came from friends with regards to his broad shoulders. Socrates shaped many of his philosophies and was of the view that bad things should not happen to good people and he is recognized for training Aristotle.

His major contribution on experimental learning is associated with his advocacy pertaining what experimental educators should focus on with regards to holistic education. He was vocal on the two branches of education, one philosophical which meant intellectual pursuits and the other physical which meant reasonable learning. His belief that learning can, and should be enjoyable was unique since Greeks didn’t associate school with leisure.............