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Essay / The Teachings of Education in Plato's Republic
Having a wide range of interests would be bad in the ideal society because people would stray from the specific work assigned to them. “The desires of many worthless people are controlled by the desires and knowledge of a few honest people.” When they walk away from this work, they leave society weaker because not everyone has a specific role. However, in today's society, people who do not have a broad range of interests are ignorant. Knowledge comes from experiences and when people are ignorant, they don't know much about the world. Plato placed a lot of emphasis on education, but to have a good education, people must have a wide range of interests so they can have more experiences. This allows people to get more out of the cave they have spent most of their lives in. “The only source of knowledge is experience. » (Einstein) The only way to learn something is through experiences. Experiences are acquired over time, but the man who does not have as many interests will not have as many experiences. “No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.” (Roth) Just because people are trained to be a certain way in Platonic society does not mean they will become