1, different years
Confucius, surnamed Kong and named Zhong Ni, was born in Lu Yi (now Qufu, Shandong Province) at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, and his ancestral home was Yi Li (now Xiayi, Henan Province). He was an ancient thinker, educator and founder of Confucianism in China.
Socrates: Socrates, a famous thinker, philosopher, educator and citizen juror in ancient Greece. Socrates and his student Plato, as well as Plato's student Aristotle, are known as the "three sages of ancient Greece" and are generally regarded as the founders of western philosophy by later generations.
2. Different educational ideas.
Confucius: In the history of China, Confucius first proposed that people's natural qualities are similar, and the differences in personality are mainly influenced by acquired education and social environment (similar in sex, far from learning). Therefore, everyone can be educated and everyone should be educated. He advocated teaching without discrimination, establishing private schools and enrolling more students, which broke the monopoly of slave owners and nobles on school education and expanded the scope of education to civilians, conforming to the trend of social development at that time.
Socrates' educational purpose is to cultivate talents for governing the country. After Pericles's death, Athens became an extreme democracy and anarchy due to the lack of good leaders, and even national leaders were elected by drawing lots or lots. Socrates was very sad about it. He believes that the talents who govern the country must be well educated, and advocates that the talents who govern the country should be trained through education. He devoted his whole life to cultivating talents for governing the country.
3. Different political ideas
Confucius: The core content of Confucius' political thought is "courtesy" and "benevolence". In the general plan of governing the country, he advocates "governing the country by virtue", which is the noblest way to govern the country.
This strategy of governing the country is also called "rule by virtue" or "rule by courtesy". This strategy applies morality and politeness to the people, tightens the hierarchy, and completely divides nobles and civilians into ruled and ruled. Broke the original important boundary between nobles and civilians.
Socrates: Socrates advocates the theory of expert governance. He believes that all walks of life and even state power should be managed by trained and knowledgeable people, and opposes the democracy implemented by the lottery election law. He said: managers are not those who hold heavy power and bully the weak, not those who are elected by the people, but those who know how to manage.