Plato' s Philosophy of Education And It's Relevance in India
Plato' s Philosophy of Education And It's Relevance in Indi a : "If the citizens are well educated they will readily see through the difficulties that best beset them and meet emergencies as they arise " - Plato Plato was a great Greek philosopher born in 427 B.C in Athens . He was born in Aristocratic family . He was very much influenced from the teachings of Socrates . As he said , " I thank God that I was born in Greek but above all that I was born in the age of Socrates ". His major work in politics include " The Republic " , "The statesman", and " The laws" . In Republic Plato put more emphasis on establishing an "Ideal state" and to achieve this he put emphasis on education .So he established his School called as " The Academy" and main theme of his Academy was to establish good and just state where only wisdom and reason rules . According to Plato the main function of education is not to...