THE THEORY OF EDUCATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF PLATO

Excerpt from The Theory of Education in the Republic of Plato

Some apology may seem to be due for printing an essay upon a subject so well worn as the Platonic conception of education, the more so as I have no new discoveries to detail and no new theories to advance. But it seems true that Greek thought is in a sense ever young; that while its lessons are always being learned, they are always being forgotten and misunderstood; and that, though much has been done for its interpretation, and the study of it has established itself in the curriculum of our schools and universities, we are still in many respects only at the threshold, and often see it through a veil of conventional platitudes, pretentious antiquarianism, or sentimental finery. All that I have here attempted is to draw renewed attention to some of the salient and familiar points in a subject which concerns us all, and to suggest re flection upon our own corresponding theory and practice.

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