浅析柏拉图的教育思想

1、the study on platons thoughts of education浅析柏拉图的教育思想院系：英语学院班级：t0801 姓名：赵芸祺 学号:2101080409abstract: plato's educational thought is profound plato is the first person to systematically probe the theory of moral education and then put it into practice in the western educational history. there are ab

2、undant thoughts about moral education in his masterpiece. and its systematic and comprehensive educational theory has had unprecedented influence in world history of education. by explaining the foundation, the central idea, the goal and focal point of moral education profoundly and systematically,

3、plato has presented a realistic enlightenment for this field. plato does believe that education should begin early, emphasizing the function of moral education and soul sublimation in guiding the students to use dialectics to achieve perfection. his thoughts include almost every stage from per-prima

4、ry education to higher education. and this system of education, as it were, contains exhaustible source of ideas. so the plato's thoughts have the profound influence in modern education system, and the reform of education, although he didn't know the present situation of education at that ti

5、me.key words: plato; educational thoughts; republic;the study on platons thoughts of educationintroductory: plato (bc427 一 bc347) was a very important classical greek philosophe匚 he was a student of socrates and the teacher of aristotle. plato is the first educator that explains systematically the e

6、ducational thoughts in western history of education. his thoughts include almost every stage from per-primary education to higher education. and this system of education, as it were, contains exhaustible source of ideas. so for us, it is one of the great heritages in education. as karl raimund poppe

7、r has said, “the influence of plato's works (either good or bad) are inestimable. people can say that western thoughts, or plato, or is opposite of plato, at any time not desperate to plato. ” plato wrote his book, republic, in the form of dialogues 一 people talking about ideas, and sometimes di

8、sagreeing about them.1. the educational thoughts in republic1.1 the thought of education for the countryplato is not only an educator on study, but also a man who always concerned with the state's fate and development of human beings. he knows a country which do not emphasize will have no future

9、. so he is the first thinker who is aware of this, and tries to combine the education and policy together in the western history of education. plato thinks the ruler of the country must take care of the interest of the country, and protect the interest of the people. such ruler is educated by the co

10、untry, and then he is loyal to the country and the people. after that, the ruler governs their country with education so plato thinks the education as the essential means which maintain the order of republic. accordingly, the ruler should set up a policy about the education, provide funding for educ

11、ation, and establish the public educational organization from the from per-primary education to higher education.education is the biggest thing of the country, plato thinks. his aim is that to establish a republic and set up a country of justice by education. based on this, he makes the main goal of

12、 the education that nurturing a man who loves study and the truth, as a ruler for the republic; training the people who are honesty, integrity and high moral ethics, to protect the country and the people. besides, given a good education, the people become understanding. the country becomes peaceful

13、and friendly. from this, it can be seen that the law just only control the country by the force, but the education can develop the country by the ethics. so the education is the foundation in governing a country. he says that those who are stronger in any societythe rulersontrol education and social

14、ization through legislation and enforcement.1.2 the educational thought of reasonthe educational thought of reason is highest stage to develop the education by plato he thinks that there are reason, passion and desire in the heart of people. the reason means people use it for thinking, reasoning and

15、 studying. it is the most important part in humans9 heart. and this makes the differences between human beings and animals. as for the passion, that means people express the emotion. actually, there is some relationship between the passion and the desire. but the passion is better than the desire. s

16、o if the affection doesift ruin the education, this kind of the passion belongs to the reason. and the desire is the worst part in the heart. there is no reason, just the physical needs and the desire of sex and so on.the education of reason is a process of combining the conceptual knowledge and the

17、 psychic ability. on platons opinion, knowledge is a basis of giving the wisdom to us, and training our thought of the reason, and a foundation of improving the abilities of philosophy of mind and logical thinking, and so on. of course, knowledge is not enough. people should study the dialectics. be

18、cause the dialectics is a mean of exposing the contradictions in the others' words to find the truth. that is means from one to the other until to the good one by the inference. in this way people get the education of reason, understand the truth, and achieve the perfect.2. the design of the edu

19、cation system by platohis thoughts include almost every stage from per-primary education to higher education. and this system of education, as it were, contains exhaustible source of ideas. so for us, it is one of the great heritages in education.2.1 the stages in educationthe educational practice i

20、n sparta and athens is a basis of the stages of education of plato's. under the influence of education thoughts, plato is divided the education of people into several stages. and he explains every stage in educational organizations, educational content, educational means, and the like.the first

21、is pre-school education. in early childhood, early childhood education plays a decisive role. the education in preschool period paves roads for kids developing good morality and sound mind. and it is the stage of foundation of schooling and the lifelong education. so the pre-school education is the

22、life outset stage, is the life-long education beginning. all of the babies are brought up and training by the government from the beginning. in the pre-school education, their spirits are influenced by the games, which they take part in. and then, primary education in musical and physical training a

23、nd elementary mathematics is followed by two or three years of compulsory physical training , ten years of education in the mathematical sciences, five years of training in dialectic, and fifteen years of practical political training. after such education, its recipients are ready to see the good it

24、self and to be philosopher-kings.2.2 platons educational thoughts on the overall developmentplato thinks the training drills should be closely related to their talents. he thinks the god divides the people into three classes. a man in which class is decided when he is born. so the talent is very imp

25、ortant. but he says if no good education, the high talent is useless. on his opinion, the good education can influence a man more than you think. so to develop the society, the country and the person, plato advises training the people in all aspect by using the educational thoughts of the overall de

26、velopment. and the overall development means the development in their physics and the mind. the aim of education in the physics is to keep their health, and train them toughness, strength and speed; and in mind, to nurture their soul and cultivate the mind. and then an excellent philosopher-king is

27、trained out.2.3 the integrity of the educational systemin order to make sure the time integrity of education, plato offers the thought of lifetime education. and in every stage, he points out the concrete requests of education.2.3.1 pre-school educationbefore three years old, babies are taken care o

28、f the full-time staff in the daily life. the education work can only be performed by fully trained personnel. three to six aged children are playing in the children playground of temples. and the education content includes telling the stories, playing games, studying the music, and like this. plato

29、thinks this period education is important for the children. so the content of education should stimulate the children bravery, justice and the good qualities. as for the games, the means and the content are arranged meticulously. and don't change them frequently. otherwise, that will affect thei

30、r loyalty to the own country and the law, when they grow up.2.3.2 the general educationplato argues that the government should force the children to accept the education. when the children are six years old, they are segregated in the single sex school to study. certainly, they can accord their inte

31、rests or hobbies to choose the different department. in the school, the content is abundant. such as reading, writing, music, playing the instruments, riding, shooting and so on. the purpose of this stage is development of interest and inner motive. they try to become the children is abstinence in t

32、he qualities. when they are sixteen years old, the children of workers or farmers can be a labor in the society. however, the children of slaves have to accept the further education among seventeen to twenty years old. the aim is to improve their will and bravery, and train them to be the army to pr

33、otect the country. so the physical training is the main content. certainly, they study the knowledge the army should know, which include the arithmetic, geometry, astronomy and music. after this period of study, a number of children of the slaves finish their study, and become the army to protect th

34、e country. and a few of students enter the school to have the further education.2.3.3 higher educationa few of children of the slaves have the opportunity to have the further education. in the ten years, from twenty to thirty years old, they study on the philosophy, dialectics. the purpose of this p

35、eriod of study is different from the army. the army study knowledge for using. but they study to make their thoughts close to the highest thought, the god dialectics is the main content. plato thinks only to master the dialectics, and the students can study other knowledge well. however, it not ever

36、ybody can study the dialectics. only the adults, who have the abstract thinking abilities, can study it. after finishing this period of study, they can be an officer at high rank. a few of students who are intelligent can go on studying dialectics in next twenty years. they are trained thinking by u

37、sing reason. this is the last period to study. when they graduated at fifty years old, they can be the rulers of the country, and philosopher-kings. so far, all of the stages of platons education's aims are done.3. the major features of the educational thoughts of platowe know the plato's ed

38、ucational thoughts are profound. but on my opinion, they have two major features.3.1 the bright value direction of the educationin all of his thoughts of education, the finial aim is to train a philosopher-king to establish the republic. so the education is a useful means of ruling the country and c

39、ontrolling the people. in his thoughts, there is the value direction of serving for the republic, especially in the educational thoughts for the country and the thoughts in different classes. he says the people should have stronger ability to exercise self-restraint. because that can make the ruler

40、control the country easily. however, the ruler just need restrain his physical needs, the desire for diet and sex. from this, we can know the different classes have the different aims of the plato thoughts of education. so there is the value direction of educational thoughts of plato in classes. cer

41、tainly, we cannot blame him, owing to the limitation of his time.3.2 the high regard to heuristicthe word of "education" comes from the word of “educate” in latin. that means "lead to”. so the education means a process which leads to a new man, that is to say giving a new birth in the physics and mind for people. plato thinks every young man has the truth in their soul. however, the truth was influenced by the material lift. so there need the discussion to lead to the truth. the educational thoughts of plato are not teaching the knowledge an