Socrates did not view education as pouring readymade knowledge into an empty vessel. Instead, he walked through the marketplace of Athens, posing polite yet penetrating questions to citizens who claimed to possess wisdom. By examining their definitions of justice, courage, and virtue, he guided them to see the limits of their unexamined assumptions. True learning begins only when the mind admits its own ignorance. In recognizing that we do not know, the soul becomes curious, humble, and ready for genuine truth.