Both the Sophists and Socrates took human beings as their research objects and affirmed their value. Both emphasized rationality and denied absolute authority in terms of human value. However, the Sophist School unilaterally emphasized human needs and denied constraints on people. Socrates emphasized that personal needs must meet certain moral norms and emphasized the importance of virtue to people. The Sophist School proposed that "man is the measure of all things", and Socrates limited it to "the thinking man is the measure of all things".

Obviously, the key to comparison lies in grasping the elaboration of the value of human beings between the two. The areas of comparison generally include research objects, human roles and human behavior in society.

"Virtue is knowledge" - the sublimation of humanism.