My Ideal Philosopher

      I chose Socrates as my ideal philosopher because of his Socratic Method. Socratic method is learning through asking questions. It says that students should not just learn through spoon feeding but by throwing questions.

     Curiosity about something can lead to more learning. Better than being curious is asking questions about a certain thing. If we ask questions we learn and at the same time, the person we asked the question will also learn. It's like hitting two birds with one stone. You ask a question, we both learn.

     Asking questions may be frightening because we might get embarrassed but if we don't take risks, we'll just get stuck and learning won't occur. Learning starts with a simple question, we just need to be brave enough to ask. So that is why Socrates is my ideal philosopher.

Socrates: I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.       

     This belief of Socrates simply states that a wise man knows when to act and when not to act. He knows when he cannot do such things and should think things over. A man that is not wise will always get into situations without being sure if he can handle the consequences of what he did. So there, knowing that you know nothing is a proof of being a wise man.