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LAZARINI, Ana Lúcia. Platão e a educação: um estudo do livro VII de “A República”. ETD [online]. 2007, vol.08, n.02, pp.316-317. ISSN 1676-2592.

This research consists of a study about the educational thought of Plato, having as basis one of his main works The Republic, with emphasis in book VII, where the author describes the different stages of the education of the philosopher. Taking into consideration the context where the author is inserted, it will be approached the two moments of the platonic education described in the allegory of the cave: the first, relating to a process of elevation aiming at the contemplation of the good, represented by the exit of the cave and the second, concerning a process of regression that implies to know how to proceed in the middle of the citizens, metaphorized by the return to the underground habitation. Trying to systemize the main ideas enclosed there, it will be showed that these two directions are, according to Plato, necessary in order to accomplish a full education planned by him for the future guardian of the city - the philosophers. Having the clear notion that such ideal would be very hardly attainable, Plato lets clear in the own allegory that the process of ascension of the soul constitutes a long and gradual journey, with different stages, and a wide curriculum, characterizing as a rising beyond the sensible experiences, in order to reach the supreme wisdom - the science of the good. Upon beginning such discussion, this work intends to introduce itself in the debate concerning the subject - the Education in Plato - and retake, once more, the contribution of a thinker of a great importance for the Philosophy of Education and whom we still have so much to learn.

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