CHAPTER II

THE EDUCATION OF THE GREEKS 11

Progressive Nature of Greek Education. Spartan Education: Its Aim and Early Stages. Training in Youth and Manhood: Results. Old Athenian Education: Its Aim and Early Training. Training for the Youth. Effect of the Old Athenian Education. Causes and Character of the New Athenian Education. The Sophists and Their Training. Their Extreme Individualism. The Reactionaries and the Mediators. The Method of Socrates. Plato’s System of Education for the Three Classes of Society. The Weakness of Plato’s System. His Influence upon Educational Theory and Practice. Aristotle’s Ideal State and Education. The Permanent Value of His Work. The Post-Aristotelian Schools of Philosophy. The Schools of Rhetoric. The Hellenic Universities. Extension of Hellenic Culture.