一个青年问苏格拉底：“怎样才能获得知识？”

　　苏格拉底将这个青年带到海里，海水淹没了年轻人，他奋力挣扎才将头探出水面。苏格拉底问：“你在水里最大的愿望是什么？”

　　“空气，当然是呼吸新鲜空气！”

　　“对！学习就得使上这股子劲儿。”

A young man asked Socrates: "how can you acquire knowledge?"

Socrates took the young man to the sea, the sea covered the young man, he is struggling to sticks his head out of the water. Socrates asked, "what is your biggest wish in the water?"

"Air, a breath of fresh air, of course!"

"Rightness! Learning will have to make this share on the matter."