Plato’s Use of the Socratic Method to Define Justice
Plato teaches the reader about justice specifically through two techniques: asking questions and creating analogies via his teacher Socrates. First he poses broad questions such as,…
A Social Utopia
The basis of a utopian community would be the ability to work together and hold the needs of the entire community above the needs of individuals. Since everyone contains a unique skill set, each member would be given a professi…
How were the youth of Athens educated?
Girls were educated in the home and the only “well-educated” women were trained as “hetarae” which were like Greek geishas.
Boys were much more educated than girls. They had physical education where they l…
