Plato considered that the education received in the first years was fundamental to the development of the individual. Children, in general, are to receive an education that followed the correspondent order: gymnastics and arts. Only the children characterized by their intelligence and bravery who persist and persevere on their studies will be eligible to follow the philosopher’s path of education. The children that could not adapt or lose the interest to their studies would pass to be part of the class of the workers: “the best will be those who get together with the best, and the worst to the contrary” (Republic, 459a). Ultimately, be part of the future class of the governors. At first, they are to undergo an educative process, in which they will starting learning mathematics and will finalize with dialectic. After that, they will continue their education enlisting in the military service and serving the civil service. Later on, when they reach a superior theoretical knowledge, which means possessing the understanding of the idea of the good and of insubstantial values such as justice, beauty, truth and moderation (Republic, 501b, 517b), the task of governing will devolve upon these new
Plato considered that the education received in the first years was fundamental to the development of the individual. Children, in general, are to receive an education that followed the correspondent order: gymnastics and arts. Only the children characterized by their intelligence and bravery who persist and persevere on their studies will be eligible to follow the philosopher’s path of education. The children that could not adapt or lose the interest to their studies would pass to be part of the class of the workers: “the best will be those who get together with the best, and the worst to the contrary” (Republic, 459a). Ultimately, be part of the future class of the governors. At first, they are to undergo an educative process, in which they will starting learning mathematics and will finalize with dialectic. After that, they will continue their education enlisting in the military service and serving the civil service. Later on, when they reach a superior theoretical knowledge, which means possessing the understanding of the idea of the good and of insubstantial values such as justice, beauty, truth and moderation (Republic, 501b, 517b), the task of governing will devolve upon these new