苏格拉底和柏拉图的甩手的故事

开学第一天.古希腊大哲学家苏格拉底对学生们说：“今天我们只学一件最简单也是最容易做的事。每人把胳膊尽上往前甩.然后再尽量往后甩。”说着，苏格拉底示范做了一遍。“从今天开始.每天做300下。大家能做到吗'

学生们都笑了。这么简单的事有什么做不到的?过了一个月.苏格拉底问学生们：'每天甩手300下.哪些同学坚持了?”有的90%的同学骄傲地举起了手。

又过了一个月，苏格拉底又问，这回坚持下来的学生只剩下八成。一年过后，苏格拉底再一次问大家：“请告诉我.最简单的甩手运动，还有哪几位同学坚持了?”

这时整个教室里只有一个人举起了手。这个学生就是后来成为古希腊另一位大哲学家的柏拉图。

On the first day of school, Socrates, the great philosopher of ancient Greece, said to the students, 'Today we learn only the simplest and easiest thing to do. 

Everyone throws their arms forward as far as possible and then as far back as possible. Say, Socrates demonstrates it once. 'Starting today, do 300 times a day. Can you all do that?”

The students all laughed. After a month, Socrates asked the students,'Throw your hands 300 times a day. Which students insisted?'Some 90% of the students raised their hands proudly.

Another month later, Socrates asked again, this time only 80% of the students had persevered. 

A year later, Socrates asked you again, 'Tell me, the simplest hand-shaking exercise, which other students insisted?' Only one person in the classroom raised his hand. This student was Plato, who later became another great philosopher in ancient Greece.