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SUMMARY:The Philosophy of Education in Plato's Socratic Works - Daniel Vaz
 quez\, King's College London
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DESCRIPTION:Education became an important business in Plato's Athens. Weal
 thy young people paid fortunes to renowned lecturers to acquire the capabi
 lities\, knowledge\, and strategies to become successful politicians and l
 eaders. But\, can the art of citizenship really be thought? What exactly i
 s leadership\, and excellence? Can an inadequate education harm the studen
 ts\, and if so\, how to recognise it? These are some of the questions disc
 ussed in Plato's Socratic dialogues (works where Socrates is the leading c
 haracter). And there are no straightforward answers. Most of the arguments
  and questioning drag the interlocutors (and the reader) into perplexing p
 uzzles they will be unable to solve. Socrates' critical analysis seems abs
 olutely negative and devastating. My aim in this talk\, however\, is to sh
 ow that in cross-examining all sorts of professionals of education\, Plato
 's Socrates also reveals his own philosophy of education.\n\n
LOCATION:Room 2S4\, Donald McIntyre Building\, Faculty of Education\, 184 
 Hills Road\, Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ
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