» For the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates, see Socrates. SOCRATES is the European Community action programme in the field of education. The second phase of the programme covers the period January 1 2000 to December 31 2006. It draws on the experiences of the first phase (1995-1999) building on the successful aspects of the programme, improving and amalgamating several of the previous Actions and introducing a number of innovations. The higher education Action of SOCRATES, entitled Erasmus, s… (More on Socrates)