Plato Images, Aims, and Practices of Education /

This book opens by providing the historical context of Plato's engagement with education, including an overview of Plato's life as student and educator. The author organizes his discussion of education in the Platonic Corpus around Plato's images, both the familiar - the cave, the gad...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mintz, Avi I. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:SpringerBriefs on Key Thinkers in Education,
Subjects:
Education-Philosophy.
Philosophy and social sciences.
ISBN:9783319758985
ISSN:2211-937X
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Plato as Student, Plato as Teacher
  • 2. Varieties of Educative Experiences in Classical Greece
  • 3. Philosophical Education in the Platonic Corpus
  • 4. Plato's Educational Images
  • 5. The Socratic Method: Plato's Legacy in Pedagogy
  • 6. Higher Education and Plato's Academy in Classical Greece.

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