The Education of the Young in the Republic of Plato

Excerpt from The Education of the Young in the Republic of Plato The present volume is intended to bring before English readers the description and theory of education for the young which is found in the earlier books of Plato's Republic. The volume ends with the account of a commonwealth considered as a moral organism, which explains the reason and purpose of that earlier education. It must be understood that here we have before us only a portion of the educational scheme, and only the preface to the philosophical conceptions, which Plato sets forth in the Republic as a whole. And this volume may possibly serve, to some readers, as an introduction to a completer study of the Republic and of Plato's ideas. There are obvious reasons which make it convenient and desirable for an annotator to supplement his commentary by a version from his own hand. This practice implies no desire to compare his own version, on its whole merits, with those which have found their recognised place in English literature. Its object is to set before students a definite type of renderings and conceptions, which otherwise could only be conveyed by a greatly extended commentary. The only deviation from the text is the omission of a few lines in pp. 402 - 3. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.