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Plato’s Metaphysics of Education

By Samuel Scolnicov (NHC Fellow, 1978–79)

Education; Metaphysics; Education Theory; Teaching; Plato

New York: Routledge, 1988

From the publisher’s description:

This volume provides a comprehensive, learned and lively presentation of the whole range of Plato's thought but with a particular emphasis upon how Plato developed his metaphysics with a view to supporting his deepest educational convictions. The author explores the relation of Plato's metaphysics to the epistemological, ethical and political aspects of Plato's theory of education and shows how Plato's basic positions bear directly on the most fundamental questions faced by contemporary education.

Subjects
Philosophy / Education / Metaphysics / Education Theory / Teaching / Plato /

Scolnicov, Samuel (NHC Fellow, 1978–79). Plato's Metaphysics of Education. Philosophy of Education Research Library. New York: Routledge, 1988.