钱耕森、李仁群在《社会科学战线》1991年第2期上撰文认为,孔子与苏格拉底分别属于东西方两个不同的文化环境,有着不同的社会背景。苏格拉底从根本上实现了由自然哲学向人生哲学和伦理学的转变,完成了古希腊哲学的重大改造;孔子则 Qian Gengsen and Li Renqun wrote in the article “Social Science Front” in 1991 that the Confucius and Socrates belong to two different cultural environments of East and West respectively and have different social backgrounds. Socrates fundamentally achieved from the natural philosophy to philosophy of life and ethics change, completed a major transformation of ancient Greek philosophy; Confucius