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Plato’s theory of education ‘is the logical result of his conception of justice’. Discuss.

  • UPSC 2004
  • Western Political Thought

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For Plato justice is "doing one's own" (Republic 433a): each part of the soul and each class of the city performs the function its nature fits it for, without meddling in another's. Such an order presupposes a mechanism that discovers natures, forms them and keeps them in place. That mechanism is education, which is why…

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  • Why Education Follows from Justice
  • The Scheme as a Filter
  • Limits of the Derivation
  • The Indian Relevance
  • Conclusion
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