Great Philosopher Plato

1. Elements of
Education
and School
01 Assignment (Plato)
Group 5
Members:-
 M.A.K Dhananjaya
 S. Nidharshani
 K.T.D Sandeepani
 M.L.F Asna
Management

2. Plato

3. Teacher Teacher

4. Biography
 Plato was born in 428/427 BC
 Lived in primarily in Athens, Greece
 A classical Greek philosopher, Mathematician and
writer
 Inventor of the written dialogue and form in
philosophy
 Founder of the western political philosophy
 Athenian philosopher during the classical period
in ancient Greece
 Founder of the academy in Athens , the first
institution of higher learning in the western world
 Died in 348/ 347 BC

5. Plato’s Education view
 Plato concept of Education
“Education is not to put knowledge into the soul, but to
bring out to the talents in the soul by directing it towards”
 Goal of Education
“Education is the first and the fairest thing that the best of
men can ever have”
 Plato’s treatment of Education
“Law” - universal and not restricted
“The republic” - the guardian class and is to be
compulsory

6. Role of the
Teacher
Three components of Plato’s teaching
1.Reason oSprit oAppetive
Teaching as guidance into objective
knowledge through the reasoned
understanding of course

7. Plato’s
quotes
 “Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but
direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you
may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar
bent of the genius of each”
 “Education develops in the body and soul of the pupil all the
beauty and all the perfection he is capable”
 “We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the
real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light”
 “Never discourage anyone...who continually makes progress,
no matter how slow”
 “Courage is knowing what not to fear”

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