Socrates believed and taught that one needed to examine life because otherwise it was not worth living. Psychology is based on the concept of looking intrinsically at oneself in order to know thy self better.
Psychology is based on the foundation of examining either one's self or allowing someone else to examine that person based on cognitive abilities and personality over medical knowledge. In other words, it is an understanding of how one's environment, genetics, and education can have an impact on how a person is shaped. Socrates was the first to consider that we had to look beyond the surface and understand the human brain and therefore personality better. Since psychology looks at our fears, beliefs, and even misconceptions it really is about knowing one's self.
- Psychology
Psychology is based on the foundation of examining either one's self or allowing someone else to examine that person based on cognitive abilities and personality over medical knowledge. In other words, it is an understanding of how one's environment, genetics, and education can have an impact on how a person is shaped. Socrates was the first to consider that we had to look beyond the surface and understand the human brain and therefore personality better. Since psychology looks at our fears, beliefs, and even misconceptions it really is about knowing one's self.
- 2,400 Years after Socrates
Sigmund Freud is credited as one of the fathers of psychology. Piaget was another person that had a huge impact on psychology and the concept of cognitive development. Both of these men considered what it would take to understand the human brain and its fears, desires, and beliefs. Given that Socrates was a philosopher trying to determine a greater meaning to life, his concept of knowing thy self was applied scientifically years later.
It was a reading of Socrates and his teachings that helped others learn that a greater understanding of the human mind and body was needed. Thus it led to the concept of psychology from the mere seed of a statement and what is known as the Socratic Method today. Overall, it opened the door for psychology to form as a scientific discipline.
