... the meaning of poetry could increase the intellectuality of the boys rather than just memorizing line after line. (Protagoras 325-326). Another subject that was taught, drawing, received praise from Aristotle because it "is supposed to be useful in enabling us to judge the work of craftsmen better." (Politics VIII.3). As one can see, the education of an Athenian was far ... field of killing. As always, every event mandated by the state was for the sole purpose of creating a warrior that would die for his homeland. Bibliography Aristotle. The Nicomachean Ethics. David Ross. Ed. Oxford: O...

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