1. Plato's Ideal State and his Theory of Education
... ". Thus Education up to the age of seventeen or eighteen was to be a general education in music & gymnastics & other elements of science. Poetry didn't appeal to him, it had an emotional rather than rational appeal. Mathematics, history & science may also be taught. But these difficult subjects should be smoothed into verse & beautified with songs. His approach was psychological, he said these ... the Idea of the Good & other times to do social service. At one time its aim is perfect self-development, at other social adaptation. In the words of R. L. Stevenson, the books begin to appear ...
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