1. Plato's Ideal State and his Theory of Education
He found in literature the main instrument of education i.e, studying the standard literature of his country; knowledge of some art, rudiments of the science of numbers & figures. ... He conceived that in early life the main instruments for bringing out what was best in the soul were first, literature, beginning with stories for children & going on to poetry: secondly, music, playing & singing; & thirdly, the plastic arts in general. ... Thus Education up to the age of seventeen or eighteen was to be a general education in music & gymnastics & other elements of science. ...
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