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What is the importance of Socrates Plato in education?
Plato regards education as a means to achieve justice, both individual justice and social justice. According to Plato, individual justice can be obtained when each individual develops his or her ability to the fullest. In this sense, justice means excellence.
Is reading Plato worth it?
Yes. It is the single most important book in the western intellectual tradition. It is good for your brain. Plato’s answers are often wrong, but he asks all the big questions.
What should I read from Socrates?
The best books on Socrates
- Apology. by Plato.
- The Clouds. by Aristophanes.
- Theaetetus. by Plato.
- Socrates: Ironist and Moral Philosopher. by Gregory Vlastos.
- The Art of Living. by Alexander Nehamas.
What is the most important contribution of Socrates?
Socrates’ most important contribution to Western philosophy was his technique for arguing a point, known as the Socratic technique, which he applied to many things such as truth and justice.
Why do we read Plato’s Republic?
Two weeks ago I sat down and wrote a list of key philosophical texts that I believe I should read or re-read before I turn 40 (I’m now 37). I ended up with a list of 14 titles.
Should I read Socrates or Plato?
The “best” order would depend on your goal. If your goal is to get an A in “Plato class” and you have limited time, the “best” order would be to start with Plato. If your goal is to get an idea of how these ancient philosophers’ views changed over time, it might be appropriate to read Socrates, Plato, then Aristotle.
What Plato should I read?
According to Iamblichus, for example, the First Alcibiades should be read first, then Gorgias, Phaedo, then Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, Phaedrus, Symposium, Philebus, and finally Timaeus and Parmenides.
What is Socrates’s view of Education in the dialogue?
Not only does Socrates (Plato’s mouthpiece in the dialogue) posit two differing visions of education (the first is the education of the warrior guardians and the second is the philosopher-kings’ education), but he also provides a more subtle account of education through the pedagogical method he uses with Glaucon and Adeimantus.
What do we know about Socrates?
All we have of Socrates are the writings of other people who variously used him as a character or a model: Aristophanes, the comic playwright, Xenophon, a rather stodgy chronicler, all the other composers of the Socratic dialogues which were in vogue in the fourth century – and of course Plato, whose protagonist he usually is.
What are the best books on Socrates?
The best books on Socrates. 1 Platonic Conversations. by M M McCabe. Read. W ho was Socrates? Socrates was an Athenian citizen, executed by hemlock poisoning in 399 BC, at the age 2 David Campbell on. 3 Rosie Wilby on.
What is Plato’s best piece of writing?
Your first choice is one of the most famous of Plato’s writings, the Apology. This is Plato’s version of Socrates’ court speech. It’s very short, yet it gives us all sorts of extraordinary things.