Isocrates及其修辭學校

本文在探討Isocrates的生平、著作和教育理念。教育理念部分在分析Isocrates的教育目的、教育成功的條件、教師職責、教育內容、教育方法、教育功能及教育成功的規準。
大致說來，他強調教育在培養全人、重視學生天性、師生親切的互動、歷史及修辭學的道德功能、以及培養學生合理的「推理」（conjecture）能力。
做為一位教師，Isocrates是相當成功的。他在整個希臘教育最佳的青年，他的學生大都成為各個領域的領導者。他的學校是雅典的真正象徵。
Isocrates許多有價值的教育理念影響著西歐的教育。他提供了希臘教育的形式和實質，並塑造了羅馬時期及文藝復興時期的教育理念。

This article examines Isocrates of ancient Greece， including his life history， writings and ideas of education. With regard to his ideas of education， this article focuses upon analyzing educational aims， conditions that facilitate success in education duties of a teacher， contents and methods that facilitate success in education duties of a teacher， contents and methods of teaching， functions of education， and criterion of successful education.In general， Isocrates highlighted that education is to cultivate a whole person， to put emphasis on students’ natures， teacher-students intimate interaction， ethical functions of rhetoric and history， and to cultivate students’ reasonable competence of “conjecture”.As a teacher， Isocrates was very successful. He educated the best young men in ancient Greece， and most of whom became the leaders in different fields of the society. His school was a real example of Athens at that time.Many of Isocrates’ valuable ideas of education had profound influences upon education in West Europe. He provided ancient Greece with educational forms and substances， and formulated the educational ideas in the periods of Rome Empire and the Renaissance thereafter.