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This 5 page report discusses perceptions of education and knowledge in terms of how it was viewed by Plato and John Locke. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Plato was of the mindset that philosophy was the highest theoretical art and that both philosophy and the "royal art" (politics) are necessary for happiness and the assurance that
an individual is well-rounded in terms of their educational awarenesses and thought processes. John Locke (1632-1704) believed that freedom from arbitrary power is so fundamentally essential to mans preservation that
he or she cannot live without it. Therefore, an individual must have the knowledge and understanding that may be offered through education to understand that their individual role in society
must be reviewed within that context. Plato, Knowledge and Education Socrates method of argument, throughout any of Platos writings and not just "The Republic," is a philosophical technique
for discovering knowledge through question and answer. Socrates, claiming to have no knowledge, always encourages others to answer a general question. He then proceeds very carefully to demonstrate the flaws
and inadequacies of every answer or definition given to the question he has presented by producing examples that contradict what may have been said. As a result, his examples expose
where personal bias or where his partner in the conversation has taken a narrow point of view or the has made a patently incorrect assumption or definition. Socrates exercises
in dialogue and thinking are not entirely negative and are certainly not negative merely for the sake of being negative or argumentative. Socrates ultimate goal is always to discover, and
lead his discussion partner or student, in discovering that which is true, good, universal. He always establishes that he himself is only asking questions to reach a deeper place of
understanding and is not asking his questions only to challenge the other person. Through his constant series of questions, Socrates makes every attempt to help his companions discover their own
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