The great philosopher Socrates is all about teaching and growing as a student, thus he has a lot to teach. In everything he does he has a lesson that can be learned. Some of the things Socrates touches on include: the four virtues, the natural formation of classes, as well as when education begins In Gary Alan Scott’s book, “Plato’s Socrates as Educator” Scott states, “Teaching produces as total increase in knowledge since the knowledge spreads from one to two or more persons. The teacher must aim at the truth and not be deceitful or reticent, so that both parties come to see the goal of the process has been fulfilled.” Socrates truly taught with truthfulness so his students could begin to think for themselves, and some of the things he taught
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This development truly occurs every day, for example, there is a football team. On this football team, natural leaders will emerge and the others will be classified as followers. This happens in every other system as well; at work, at school, amongst peers, amongst families, etcetera. Socrates gives his version of the class system; the first class is the leaders; these people are at the top of the pecking order; with “gold” in their blood, (these people are born different and are qualified as gold because of their difference). The second class is the auxiliary, these are the soldiers, the silver of the pecking order. Finally, the third class is the workers, the bottom of the classes, with merely bronze in their veins. This order is that of a perfect society; and each person in said society does their best in the class they are in. In all reality, the class systems aren’t quite as set in stone, but there are indeed very set class systems. The rich, (those who have more), and the poor, (those with substantially less). In Thomas Diefenbach’s book, “Hierarchy and Organization: Toward a General Theory of Hierarchical Social Systems, Diefenbach says, “Because of Socrates’ questions and revelations , people could start to wonder whether the current power elites were really the best leaders and whether their reign and social dominance were the best possibility for Athens.” Socrates indeed taught about the natural development of the classes, and how these classes really were to be organized, as well as who was to rule
This development truly occurs every day, for example, there is a football team. On this football team, natural leaders will emerge and the others will be classified as followers. This happens in every other system as well; at work, at school, amongst peers, amongst families, etcetera. Socrates gives his version of the class system; the first class is the leaders; these people are at the top of the pecking order; with “gold” in their blood, (these people are born different and are qualified as gold because of their difference). The second class is the auxiliary, these are the soldiers, the silver of the pecking order. Finally, the third class is the workers, the bottom of the classes, with merely bronze in their veins. This order is that of a perfect society; and each person in said society does their best in the class they are in. In all reality, the class systems aren’t quite as set in stone, but there are indeed very set class systems. The rich, (those who have more), and the poor, (those with substantially less). In Thomas Diefenbach’s book, “Hierarchy and Organization: Toward a General Theory of Hierarchical Social Systems, Diefenbach says, “Because of Socrates’ questions and revelations , people could start to wonder whether the current power elites were really the best leaders and whether their reign and social dominance were the best possibility for Athens.” Socrates indeed taught about the natural development of the classes, and how these classes really were to be organized, as well as who was to rule