When Socrates Meets Confucius
大学演讲稿当苏格拉底遇上孔子
⼤学演讲稿当苏格拉底遇上孔⼦When Socrates Meets Confucius——When the western education meets the eastern educationGood evening, ladies and gentlemen,Today my topic is When Socrates Meets Confucius——when the western education meets the eastern education. Maybe many people would be surprised by this topic. When Socrates was born, Confucius had passed away for 10 years, and they lived in different countries and there were no planes at that time. How can they meet?! But today let’s suppose they meet each other.When Socrates meets Confucius, maybe he would say: “Hi, Confucius!” And Confucius would make a Chinese fist and palm salute and answer “nice to meet you, Mr. Socrates!” And then they will discuss many questions. At last, Confucius would say:“Mr. Socrates, you can be my teacher.” Because Confucius always insisted that “three-line, must be my teacher”. And Socrates would answer it by his well-known saying: “I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.”Of course, it’s just a joke. Socrates and Confucius were both the best and most famous educators in the ancient. Confucius’educational thoughts had a very deep influence on Chinese education, and Socrates deeply affected the western education as well. So when Socrates meets Confucius, I think it’s the western education meeting the eastern education. The western education and the eastern education have many differences, but they both have many good things at the same time. I think the western education and the eastern education could learn from each other to create better educational methods.Yes, there’s already some communication between the western education and the eastern education, and it has promoted educational development. But I think it is still not enough. We need more communication.Education is the guider of culture. The western education leads the western culture and the eastern education leads the eastern culture. So, if we fuse the western education and the eastern education together, it would be a kind of new education, and it will create a new world culture and make our world more harmonious.When Socrates meets Confucius, when the western education meets the eastern education and be fused together, it would become t he Socrates and Confucius’ Education——let’s call it as the New World Education! I believe this New World Education will make our world better and better!So, let’s make Socrates meet Confucius!。
When Socrates meets Confucius (杨老师修改版)
In the long river of the history, there are two famous thinkers and philosophers, who are admired by people till now. One of them is the great thinker in China-Confucius. Another one is Socrates who is the famous philosopher of ancient Greece. Certainly, there is no doubt that some similar points can be compared between them.Now, we can imagine what will happen if they meet each other? It is well known that Confucius is one of the greatest sages in ancient China and modern China and the founder of Confucian school. What’s more, his Confucianism has caused profound and lasting influence on the whole world. Like Confucius, Socrates are praised as the founder of western philosophy. Besides, he and his students-Plato and Aristotle are known as the there virtous people of ancient Greece. However, they both agree the country should be governed by virtue oher than violence. In the meanwhile, they also have different opinions towards education and teaching methods. Through analyzing Confucius’s Confucianism. We can easily find out the obvious characteristic of his teaching type trends to elegant and gentle pattern. He initiated the absolute authority of teachers, although he is regarded as the sage. For example, he taught his students to be convinced of teachers’authority by making them understand what the teachers said is always right and better. Therefore, Confucius will be angry if the students object teachers. Well, it is known to all that there is no absolute thing in the world. Moreover, we are not sages, no one can avoid to make mistakes.However, Socrates’s teaching methods were clearly different from Confucius’s. Socrates used enlightening ways to teach students think by themselves and find the answer of their questions. He never forced students to think as same as teachers’idea and absolutely believe the teachers’opinions. He was more often teaching his students’self awareness and personal thinking ability.Now we can draw an conclusion by comparing the features of the two famous person. Confucius taught student by transmitting while Socrates taught them to get knowledge by themselves. And Confucius taught learners to trust while Socrates taught them to doubt.It is sure that both of them encourage their students to learn and think independently rather than give the right answer firstly. So if they meet each other, I believe they will learn from each other and communicate with each other with great interest. What’s more, our Chinese culture will be more colourful and perfect, and their mind will cause futher and more influence to the world!In the long river of the history, there were two famous thinkers and philosophers, who have been admired by people till now. One of them is a great thinker in China —Confucius. The other one is Socrates，who is the famous philosopher of ancient Greece. There is no doubt that some similar points can be compared between them.Now, we can imagine what will happen if they meet each other? It is well-known that Confucius was one of the greatest sages in ancient China and the founder of Confucianism. To be exact, his Confucianism has caused profound and long-lasting influence on the whole world, especially in Asia. Like Confucius, Socrates is praised as the founder of western philosophy. Besides, he and his students-Plato and Aristotle are known as the three virtous people of ancient Greece. However, they both agree the country should be governed by virtue rather than violence. In the meanwhile, they also have different opinions towards education and teaching methods.Through analyzing Confucius’s Confucianism, we can easily find out the obvious characteristic of his teaching type trends to elegant and gentle pattern. He initiated the absolute authority of teachers, although he is regarded as the sage. For example, he taught his students to be convinced of teachers’authority by making them understand what teachers said is always right and better. Therefore, Confucius will be angry if a student objects the teacher.Well, it is known to all that there is no absolute thing in the world. Moreover, we are not sages, and no one can avoid making mistakes.However, Socrates’s teaching methods were clearly different from Confucius’s. Socrates used enlightening ways to teach students think by themselves and find the answers to their questions. He never forced students to think the as same as teachers’idea and absolutely believe the teachers’ opinions. He was more often teaching his students’ self awareness and personal thinking ability.Now we can draw a c onclusion by comparing the features of the two famous persons. Confucius taught students by transmitting while Socrates taught them to get knowledge by themselves. And Confucius taught learners to trust while Socrates taught them to doubt.It is sure that both of them encourage their students to learn and think independently rather than give the right answer firstly. So if they meet each other, I believe they will learn from each other and communicate with each other with great interest. What’s more, our Chinese culture will be more colourful and perfect, and their mind will cause furth er and more influence o n the world!。
英语演讲提问环节
1.do you like making friends?and how do you make new friends ?2.what`s the most important thing in friendship?and what makes friendship break up?3.what`s the most embarrassing thing you have experienced?4.do you believe in love at the first sight ?can it be a lasting relationship?5.what is your major?why did you choose it ?6.tell something about your family .7.which do you prefer :reading books or watching tv?why?8.which city do you want to live in ?and why ?9.in your family ,what person do you admire most ?10.which do you prefer :our school staying in longzhou or moving to chongzuo ?11.if you had one week to do anything you wanted ,what would you do ?12.if you can go back in time and relive any time in your life ,what age do you want to be ?13.if you can have any pet you wanted ,what kind of pet would you have ?14.if you can choose to study at any university inchina ,what university do you want to study at ?15.how do chinese usually celebrate birthdays?16.what do you think of one-child policy in china?17.is it good for china that so many people are going to other countries?18.what will you do if you are ill abroad?19.what will you do if you cannot find a job after graduation?21.what do you do during the spring festival?22.how do you get on well with your roommates?23. someone says“to be a class leader will affect ones study results”,whats your opinions about it?24.speak out your ideas of smoking in public places.??25.when you are faced with a difficult problem,how do you solve it?26.do you think it is necessary to be unique?27.when you are misunderstood by your parents , what will you do28.how do you make best use of your college life29.is money all powerful?30.what is your weakness?篇二：英语演讲电力工程学院第十二届”外研社杯”英语演讲比赛2013年10月9日晚7点,我院在电力楼420教室举办了第十二届”外研社杯”英语演讲比赛,。
When Socrates meets Confucius 演讲稿
When Socrates meets Confucius1103 Zhanhua Well, thank you for your silence. For a long time, I have been thinking that if you choose something to compare, how you can get the biggest contrast. Finally I got it: imaging a situation when Socrates meets Confucius, what will happen? And you must be surprised, for they don’t know each other’s language how can they communicate? Don’t worry; if it is necessary, I will play the role as the translator.Since them both are the representatives of each other’s culture, if they meet, maybe there is a situation that a great debate is going to happen between they two. And the result may be that they are both trying to show their culture’s benefits and advantages over the other. The debate may range from education, philosophy and culture. Maybe the debate is so fierce that they even want to fight with each other. However, there can be another situation. They two sit in front of each other over a table, drinking the tea made by Confucius. And Socrates is teaching him how to play international chess, sharing what their ideas have in common and different short downs. What a peaceful picture.Actually the second situation can happen today, especially under the globalization. The meet of western culture and eastern culture isjust like the meet of Socrates and Confucius. The conflict of the different culture is just the surface, and what hide behind are the same. Or you can say the forms are different, but the theme hide behind the conflict are almost the same. Such as the law, the self-cultivation is both used to tie people, to make lives better, to create a better world. The inner purpose and are the same. That is to say, even foreign culture comes, there is still something worthy to be digested and used by us. Don’t just pay attention to the different appearance. Under the difference, there must be something in common and we can choose to perfect ourselves. Keep different, keep united. That is what I get after the meeting of Socrates and Confucius.So ladies and gentleman, to argue fiercely or drink tea and chat peacefully, the ending of the story is under your control.。
whenconfuciusmeetssocrates5篇范文
whenconfuciusmeetssocrates5篇范文第一篇：when confucius meets socratesWhen Socrates meets ConfuciusDuring the 5th and 6th Centuries B.C, two great thinkers, Socrates and Confucius, sprang successively from Greece in the West and from China in the Orient.They have respectively exercised influence over the civilizations of the east and west so deeply and widely that they have been revered as “sage” or “saint” by later generations.However, none of them ever heard of a piece of news of the existence of another.A curious mind might wonder what would happen if the two masters had had a chance to meet each other, say, when one day they were strolling with some of their disciples along the bank of a river.They should have a great deal to say to each other.The two great people both lived in historical periods marked by tremendous social changes: frequent wars, political disturbances, ideological confusion and conflict, and demoralization.Confronted with political and social crises, they both sought moral principles as a basis for understanding those crises and for mending the social fabric.And they indeed eventuall y find or establish an ultimate “principle” or “reason” for human life, esp.for moral actions through their approaches.The historical Socrates or Socrates of the early Platonic dialogues focused his attention on how to live in this world instead of speculating extensively about nature, the gods, or the character of any existence people might have after death.He held that people were endowed by the Gods with intelligent souls that desire the good and one must consciously devote oneself to the understanding o f one’s moral nature and to the purification of one’s soul.This activity is of primeimportance in one’s life.In regard to human nature, Confucius said, ”by nature, near together;by practice, far apart”.He thought that at birth people had nearly the same nature;the great differences in morality were caused by practice.He held that the pursuit of morality is more important than that of the physical necessities of life.And in his whole life he had been dedicating himself to the search for “the human-way” as w ell as trying hard to implement this way in his own time.The essence of “the human-way” was Ren, with kindness and affection as its core.Now you might think the two great thinkers will shake hands on such similarities between their own ethics.However, the so-called “moral reason” that Socrates finds or establishes does not equal to what Confucius finds or establishes.“Virtue is knowledge” is the famous proposition at the core of Socrates’ viewpoint on morality.He held that the ultimate principle of moral life lies in nothing other than rational knowledge in human mind.The notorious Socratic paradox is that all wickedness is involuntary and due to ignorance.For him, only under the direction of wisdom could human nature achieve the several virtues.On the contrary, we cannot find a definition of virtue in Confucius’ discourses like we can in the Platonic Socrates’.But we can see his general concern with moral issues and according to him, the ultimate principle of moral life lies in nothing other than consanguineous affection in human heart.Morality is more effective than is law in securing and maintaining stability and harmony in a society.With similarities and differences lying in their thoughts, the ethics of Confucius’ and Socrates’ have been treasures of world culture and their influences have lasted until today.If the two meet each other today in a world that enjoys a thriving prosperity as well as severe challenges posed bytremendous advances in science and technology and by related social changes, they may rethink traditional assumptions and to learn from one another’s traditions.Only in this way can people in both East and West lead to live an abundant, noble and spiritual life.。
当苏格拉底遇见孔子(英文)
In ancient Chinese and western,there are two education masters can be comparable to each other.one is Confucius in Chinaand the other one is the ancient Greek Socrates, which up to now are still praised in the world.Imagine, when Socrates meets Confucius, what sparks will they collide out?As we know, Confucius is considered as the greatest of the ancient Chinese sages, and Socrates was an ancient Greek philosopher who was regarded as a saint dying for the pursuit of the truth. When it comes to educational mode, they have something in common, but at the same time they still hold volume of different views.From the perspective of Confucius, Confucius's teaching method is the gentleman type, although in the teaching he is an amiable old man,he established the basic specification of teacher’s absolute authority.In general, Confucius taught studentsby theknowledge-transference way. Although he also prompted the student, what he did was intended to find ways to let them understand what the teacher said better.So he was not happy for students against the intention of their teacher.This educational mode ismore to cultivate students to the teacher's loyalty and understanding, to believe in authority.However, Socrates’teaching methods were quite different from Co nfucius’. He never taught studentsthe ready-made answers, buttookdispute, cross-examine and so on to force students to think for themselves, and finally found the answer to their questions.He didn’t care whether they thought the same with their teacher and they believe what the teacher saidor not.The Socrates’mode is more to cultivate students their own reasoning ability and self-awareness. So Plato, whowas good at thinking and pursued the dialectical way, became the heir of Socrates' education style.From the way of education, Confucius transmitted knowledge while Socrates forced students themselves to get knowledge;Confucius taught people to believe while Socrates taughtthem to doubt.Of course, they both paid attention to the heuristic teaching and encouraged independent thinking instead of the force-feeding teaching with results given directly. If they two learnt the teaching idea from each other, the world culture will be further integration.Also, China's feudal culture bound won't continue for so long. Last but not least, the cultural conflicts will be reduced and the world will be more peaceful.。
当苏格拉底遇上孔子英语演讲稿
Good afternoon,ladies and gentlemen.When Socrates meets Confucius, it is not only a feast of ideas exchanged, but the eastern and western cultural collision and fution.Confucius was considered as the greatest saint in the east. In the west, Confucius also enjoyed great reputation in education, politics, ethics and so on .They are the symbols of human civilization all the time.In terms of education, I think that both of the cultural celebrities will criticize what students received today in China. Actually, students' ultimate goal is to pass examinations with the highest marks and be admitted to the best university in future. To make things worse, they forget the true meaning of education, they lose the ability of learning. Socrates once said,' A man is never too old to learn.’and Confucius was learning all over his life journey. They are right. Now when we look into the western educational system, we can find that they pay more attention to kids' creativity and imagination. In their eyes, mark doesn't mean everything. One's own ability is the most important. When Socrates meets Confucius, they may try to combine advantages on both sides to make for the world's educational career.With the development of globalization, peace and development is the timeless issue in this world. The cultural communication between countries is becoming more and more popular. Recently China has set up many Confucius Institutes all over the world to spread Chinese culture. Foreigners come abroad to study Chinese in China. Although many Chinese go abroad for further education, many people living in China know little about other cultural customs. In ancient times, Confucius travelled to learn from Lao Zi. Socrates was a modest person, as well .When they meet, they will totally support the cultural travel and communication. And I think, travelling is as important as reading in books, exercising while learning different culture all the way, what a wonderful thing!When Socrates meets Confucius , they will do their best to contribute to the western and eastern cultural fution ,and besides help modern people create a more and more beautiful future ! Thank you .。
When Socrates meets Confucius3
When Socrates meets Confucius----A wonderful encounter Hello everyone.As we all know, Socrates was a great ideologist in the ancient west whose thoughts suggested that we should keep on asking questions on the things we don’t know. Whereas, Confucius played an important role in the history of the east.Just imagine the moment when Socrates meets Confucius, what will happen between them? On a sunny morning, an old man, Socrates who wore casual clothes, was asking strangers some questions in the street as usual. Meanwhile, another old man, Confucius with clean clothes, was walking down the street and he was curious about what he saw, that is, Socrates was quarrelling with a passer-by. He then held the view that Socrates might have psychological problems.In order to meet his curiosity, Confucius stopped to listen to what they were talking about. Much to his surprise, they were continuing discussing problems and expressing their personal opinions. Shortly after, Confucius took part in their debates and made his own statements. After a-long- time discussion, the passer-by left, but the two old men found that they shared the similar opinions about philosophy, education and politics, and they made a brief introduction to each other.At the same time, the Confucius felt a little shamed as he viewed Socrates as a madman and he made apology to him. Socrates accepted it with smile and grasped his hands to continue talking about problems. They learned from each other about knowledge, forgiveness, the way to think and so on. At last they became the real bosom friends.What we can learn from the story is that we should not only respect everyone around us but also we ought to correct our mistakes when we realize it. What’s more, only when we dare to show our ideas and communicate with others can we acquire various knowledge and thoughts. It’s an art to become a person with fame and powerful effects.I view the assumption that they meet as a wonderful encounter. What about yours? That’s all, thanks.。
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When Socrates Meets Confucius
I believe that many people are not sure what will happen if Socrates and Confucius met at the same time. Perhaps there are many similarities and differences in all aspects between them. I am more interested in their perspective in education. Now let me use an example to represent their educational point of view.
Socrates and Confucius were privileged to teach in the same school. One day, a student asked Confucius, " A man fell into the water, I saved him and then his family prepare to send me a head of cattle, should I accept it or not? " Confucius told him, "You have to accept it, you think, you saved him, what would his family think? And then what would they do? "The student replied, "they'll appreciate me, wanted to repay me, and then they will give me something to express their gratitude to me. " Confucius said, "If you accept her gift of what other people think? And then what would you do it? "The students add, "everyone can see me saving rewards, recognizing the benefits of saving, it would raise the enthusiasm of saving people, later saw people fall into the water will rush to him. " Confucius noded.
The student put the same question to ask the other teacher, Socrates. Socrates asked him, "What is your own opinion? And why do you think so? " The student replied, "it is wrong to receive people's gift, saving is a good thing to be, but receive other people's stuff is no real in my mind. "
"What you say makes sense. " Socrates said. Students went on to say, " But I think I should take it to my things, in this case everyone will know the benefits of saving lives, preferring to save lives. " Socrates clap OK praise him.
It is observed that Confucius' heuristic method of teaching was specifically targeted at the State proposed by the prevalence of personal teaching. He opposed the teaching approach that parrot others, does not stimulate students' teaching positive thought. He was a prominent feature in the teaching process, namely the importance for students to learn and think about organically, to acquire knowledge independently, to develop cognitive abilities. And in the process of teaching, he is often implemented progressively, inspired students ' thinking step by step and improved the ability of students ' level of knowledge and awareness.
When Socrates was teaching, he likes to keep the student made various question. The time his students unable to come up with the correct answers to questions, he was not anxious to correct the mistake, instead, he asked a question in reply contraposes these errors, at this rate the original errors become more pronounced, put students' thought into "confused " state. In this State, the students thought it was the correct and perfect things, something turn out proving to be wrong or flawed, which makes their original ideas disintegrate completely.
Therefore, when Socrates Meets Confucius, they are likely to
collaborate to manage a school well.。