The Creator of Free Thinking

The Creator of Free thinking

The philosopher Socrates was definitely the first person to try to unlock the minds of the citizens of his city, and for that he was accused of poisoning the minds of the youths of Athens. As the priests and the influential members of the city accused Socrates of introducing new gods into the youths, Socrates merely was merely trying to unlock their minds, by allowing the young men of Athens to ask questions to find the answers and not just accepting what was told to them by the priests and teachers. The only way for the monarch and higher ups to be able to control the citizens you can’t allow them to be free thinkers and that is the reason that they could not allow the people to start questioning their rules and norms that was set in place for them. Once people start to question things, the only answers they would receive are that it is the will of the gods and that would stop the people from questioning the laws.
Socrates never was an official teacher of any kind he himself was a student of someone else and he just wanted to pass on what he learned to the youths and at the same time try to unlock their minds. After awhile he started to go into the homes of the so-called wise men of Athens and would engaged in debates or simple conversations with them and at the end of his little experiment he actually realized that they did not know anything at all, they could not come up with any answers on their own, he concluded he was actually the smartest person in the city of Athens. Socrates also believes that learning was an ever changing thing. We cannot strive to learn and improve on the previous beliefs and methodologies, people who refuse change will never improve their lives because their minds are closed.
Socrates was a major impact on today’s education system, because he made it possible for students as well as professors and teachers to challenge and interpret beliefs, if it weren’t for his sacrifice we would probably still be studying the same ideologies as the ancient Greeks.