Socrates the Athenian philosopher constantly questioned
logic and challenged his students to question conventional ideas about the
importance of wealth and power. He
noted that his preferred manner of teaching was to question the assumptions and
logic of his students’ thinking. Socrates can be compared to a humanist because
of the interest he took in studying the human mind and human reasoning. Socrates
would agree on the humanist philosophy that the human mind is capable of changing
a human’s fate. The idea that people can take their future into their own hands
is a philosophy shared by both humanists and Socrates.
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