What type of people would have been influenced by the philosophes?

The students and teachers, were effected by Socrates' (a famous greek philosopher) views on the teaching system and how he changed it. Socrates made it possible to have our modern teaching system where we interact with teachers. For example, raising your hand in class, asking questions, questioning the reason behind the answers given to you, etc ... All of which would not be considered the social norms back then, before socrates