1. Education: Platonic and Utopian Styles
Plato's View of Education in the Republic: The dialogue on theological principles picks up where it left off in the previous book, Book II. ... In the end, the only acceptable subjects for poetry and literature are strictly didactic ¹they teach the guardians four cardinal virtues: wisdom, justice, courage, and temperance. ... Having dispensed with subject, Plato moves logically to its complement: style. ... Physical education, Plato asserts, should be governed by the same rigorous temperance as music. ... Plato closes with a famous allegory: the Phoenician tale. ...
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