PLATO and Education

(Republic VII. 535a — 541b)




AGES
ACTIVITIES
up to 17/18
early training in literature and music, elementary mathematics (little compulsion)
17— 20
intensive physical and military training (no leisure for study)
20— 30
advanced mathematics (for the select few)
30—35
dialectic and the ultimate principles of morality (for the select of the select)
35—50
practical experience of life through public service in subordinate positions
50 +
for those who have attained a vision of the Good, study and the governing of the State as the Supreme Council.





MYTH in the REPUBLIC
Stephanus Reference
Myth of the metals
Book III, 414c — 417b ('The Noble Lie')
The Ship of State
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The Divided Line
Book VI, 509d—511c
The Allegory of the Cave
Book VII, 514a—521b
The Myth of Er
Book X, 613e—end.




06/21/2006
January 26, 2010 8:51 AM

John Paul Adams, CSUN
john.p.adams@csun.edu

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