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.