AGES |
ACTIVITIES
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|---|---|
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up to 17/18
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early training in literature and music, elementary mathematics (little compulsion) |
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17— 20 |
intensive physical and military training (no leisure for study) |
|
20— 30 |
advanced mathematics (for the select few) |
|
30—35 |
dialectic and the ultimate principles of morality (for the select of the select) |
|
35—50 |
practical experience of life through public service in subordinate positions |
|
50 +
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for those who have attained a vision of the Good, study and the governing of the State as the Supreme Council. |
MYTH in the REPUBLIC |
Stephanus Reference |
|---|---|
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Myth of the metals
|
Book III, 414c — 417b ('The Noble Lie') |
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The Ship of State
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The Divided Line
|
Book VI, 509d—511c |
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The Allegory of the Cave
|
Book VII, 514a—521b |
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The Myth of Er
|
Book X, 613e—end. |
John Paul Adams, CSUN
john.p.adams@csun.edu