Abstract: According to the historical data, we certainly cannot confirm Socrates really thought the moral excellence is a knowledge. But the moral excellence is the knowledge in the Socrates time is a quite ambiguous proposition, this proposition certainly not accurately expresses Socrates' view about the relations between moral excellence and the knowledge.

Key words: Socrates, moral excellence, knowledge, wisdom, Excellence is the knowledge

摘要： 根据史料,我们并不能确认苏格拉底真的认为美德即知识,而“美德即知识”在苏格拉底时代是一个比较含混的命题,并没有准确表达苏格拉底关于美德和知识关系的看法。

关键词: 苏格拉底, 美德, 知识, 智慧, 美德即知识