Philosophy of Education

             Education from Socrates to Dewey has been an attempt to discover the secrets of this natural world. The definition of education is a basis for all the philosophies of all these great philosophers. To define education is too general and is a wide range opinion. One cannot give the true definition, only his opinion and what is best. Socrates to Plato had their dialogue and cave, Rouseau had the story of Emile and Dewey was a true American describing democracy and sciences. They each contributed to the definition of education.
             Socrates never wrote a word of his knowledge. Plato was the one who basically put Socrates' dialogue into words. Socrates' educational teachings were brought through by a form called dialogue. Through this Socrates gave knowledge without really teaching it. Socrates never considered himself a teacher, and when he shared the information he knew, he never thought he was teaching the information. Socrates knew his limitations, and this was explained by him that an educated person is described to know his limitations. He in his own right believed he was highly educated. His definition of a form education is dialogue, a back and forth linguistic motion between speakers, to uncover the truth. Dialogue allows the truth to emerge. Socrates was different from the traditional philosophers because he believed in truth. Through discourse, dialogue, and conversation education is finding the truth. Education to Socrates is not what it is today. Education is learned from other reputable people and synthasizing to find truth in the subject of the argument. Real education is expressed through person to person interaction, finding the information and concluding by finding that all mighty truth. Dialogue is in my belief the best form of education compared to the other philosophers. This is real education, non interaction, and books cannot teach you everything, but past experiences and talking about them is a real way to learn.
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