n among the members of society was to be encouraged and permitted. The best life, he wrote, was one lived with only a minimum of regulation by the state. 8. What's your view?I think that the only way a society can be successful is if the people work hard for it. Being successful does not happen overnight. It takes time and work to build a strong society. Also, I believe in laws of the state. Without them, people would be running amuck without anyone to tell them right from wrong. It builds strong people and teaches them discipline as well as morals. VIII. Man and Education1. What are Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle's view?Socrates believed education should make a man a better citizen and thereby a happier individual. He emphasized man as a member of a group. The most valuable thing a man can have is knowledge. Removing individual differences and discovering the essentials upon which all men would agree should obtain knowledge. Socrates went around Athens challenging ideas and found many beliefs to be false because they were superficial. Socrates had a method of asking questions. In his book the "Republic," Plato, has a system of education, which he believed would insure a happy and just state. He believed men were by nature differentiated, and should be put into different classes. For the first 18 years a child should be trained in gymnastics, music, and literature. People who were considered not able to carry on more education will become the merchants and farmers. Those who were able would move on to further training and become the leaders of that society. Plato held education to be a matter of state concern. Education should be supported and controlled by the state and its function was to select and train service for the state. This will produce an ideal society in which everyone is happy. The aim of education, according to Aristotle, should be to make people virtuous. From ages 7 and lower the child should be concerned with trainin...
