3. •He was influenced by the Spartan Education System.
• Compulsory Education for both the sexes.
• Education should be managed or controlled by the State.
• It is divisible in two parts- Elementary Education and Higher
education.
• And three phases.
Plato’s Theory of Ideal State
Theory of Education
4. 3rd Phase
35-50 years
These people would be sent to abroad for better studies.
- Class of Gold
2nd Phase
21- 30 years, 30-35 years
Dialectics- The art of argument, Geography, Astronomy, other
branches or Maths and Literature continue.
1st Phase
0-7 years- Gymnastic & Music, 8-18 years- Mathematics is introduced
18-20- Compulsory military training
Test- Class of Iron
Test- Class of Silver
9. Criticism of Theory of Justice
•Harmony and non- interference can’t exist together.
•How to differentiate between the importance of Harmony and
non- interference at particular times.
•Over dependent on Theory of Education.
•Over emphasizes on the three classes.
•Wasting of some aptitudes.
• Conflict can’t be only between classes , there can be conflict
within classes.
• No mechanism for ending the conflicts.
• There can be conflict within a man himself.
