Plato

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Summary

Plato is indisputably a major thinker in education.

Intellectual Biography	p. 1
Historical Background	p. 3
Sparta	p. 8
The Presocratics	p. 13
The Nature of the Tunes and Socrates	p. 22
The Sophists	p. 24
Conclusion	p. 27
A Critical Exposition of Plato's Educational Thought	p. 35
Primary Education in the Republic	p. 37
Secondary Education in the Republic	p. 41
The Theory of Ideas	p. 48
The Concept of Education	p. 61
Nature vs Nurture	p. 67
Moral Education, Indoctrination and Censorship	p. 75
The Humanities	p. 85
The Soul	p. 97
Dialectic	p. 104
Eros	p. 109
Summary: An Educational Theory	p. 116
The Reception and Influence of Plato's Work	p. 127
The Academy and an Outline of Plato's Philosophical Legacy	p. 129
Plato's Legacy in Pre-Twentieth-Century Educational Philosophy	p. 134
Plato's Legacy in Educational Thought	p. 138
The Relevance of Plato Today	p. 147
The Question of Relevance	p. 149
Some Psychological Questions	p. 151
Truth and Knowledge	p. 155
Educational Distribution	p. 159
Value Questions	p. 162
Philosophy and Educational Theory	p. 164
A Note on the Question of a Sophistic Movement	p. 173
A Note on the Authenticity and Grouping of Plato's Works	p. 178
A Note on Reality	p. 180
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