1st Edition

Plato's Theory of Education

By R C Lodge Copyright 2001
    330 Pages
    by Routledge

    330 Pages
    by Routledge

    First published in 2000. This is Volume VIII of ten in the International Library of Philosophy in a series on Ancient Philosophy. Written in 1947, it focuses on Plato’s theory of education and initially written for students of educational theory, but also for teachers and for those who are interested in Plato as a thinker who find in his writings a challenge to their powers of thought which assists them to develop a philosophy of their own.

    Introduction; Chapter I Education Defined; Chapter II Vocational and Technical Education; Chapter III Education for the Professions; Chapter IV Education for Citizenship; Chapter V Education for Leadership; Chapter VI Association and Imitation; Chapter VII Teachers and Teaching; Chapter VIII Subject-Matter. Composition; Chapter IX The Pupils and Learning; Chapter X Mind; Chapter XI Education and Democracy: Plato and the Moderns; Chapter XII Plato and Present-Day Education;

    Biography

    Lodge R C