verly演讲稿 我最敬佩的人The man I admire most

2021年1月26日发(作者：decades)

The Individual I Admire Most
The individual I admire most is Socrates, who is a man of
ancient
Greek
as
well
as
our
times.
As
one
of
the
three
most
influential
philosophers,
Socrates,
also
the
greatest
thinker
and
educator in ancient time, is regarded as the true father of western
thought.
He
did
not
leave
any
writing,
but
his
idea
which
can
only
be
known
through
his
student
Plato
’
s
dialogue
still
has
a
profound influence.




Firstly,
I
would
like
to
give
a
brief
introduction
about
Socrates
’
life. He was born as the son of a mason and a midwife.
In a city that made a cult of physical beauty, with a pot- belly, a
weird
walk,
protruding
eyes,
and
thick
lips,
he
was
unquestionably
ugly.
But
this
short,
ordinary
man
was
full
of
great thoughts. He almost taught everywhere all his life. When
he was seventy years old, Socrates was put on trial on the charge
of
“
injuring
the
city
”

by
not
acknowledging
its
God
and
corrupting the young and died of poison.




Although Socrates lived far long from us, his method and
thoughts
still
influent
deeply.
All
of
his
contributions,
the
dialectical
method
and
his
emphasizing
on
knowing
ourselves

and self- development are the two things that I appreciate most.




The dialectical method, or Socrates
’
method is also known


as
the
method
of
argument.
When
his
students
asked
him
questions,
Socrates
would
not
give
them
answers
directly
but
asked them back in another way. He believed that there was an
inherent order in language, so in the process of questioning and
answering,
students
were
guided
to
found
the
answer
by
themselves. Just like a midwife, who can not give the birth to a
baby
instead
of
the
pregnant
women
but
can
only
help
them,
Socrates led his students to find out the truth by asking instead
of speaking out his thoughts directly.





In my opinion, this method is one of the greatest invention
in
human
history.
It
is
very
common
that
students
are
seen
reciting what the teachers has written down on the blackboard. I
still remember that I as well as all the other students just were
busying
remembering
what
the
teachers
said
and
managing
to
pass the exams rather than thinking that how did those so-called
truth
comes
from,
even
whether
it
is
right
or
not.
My
brain
is
already
becoming
numb.
But
compared
with
the
teaching
method
now
in
primary
and
senior
high
schools
in
China,
Socrates
’

method
really
makes
more
positive
contributions
on
both of students and education. Being encouraged to questioning
rather than appeal to authority, being appreciated to search truth
on
own
rather
than
being
stuffed
with
teachers
’

knowledge,