Thursday, November 15, 2007

Ghandi the philosopher-king

We discussed in class a while back about how Ghandi believes that we all have seperate but equal jobs (example; women and men). This reminded me of how in the Republic Socrates talks about being moral in terms of doing what is natural. Meaning that doing what your supposed to do in life (good at carpentry, be a carpenter) is moral. In their views on education however, Socrates and Ghandi are very different. Ghandi believes that education should be limited and consist of mostly religion. Socrates believes that education has to include the arts, music, math, physical etc. (at least for the guardians). The reason that this education is required is so that the guardians of the Ideal City are balanced and have a sense of loyalty, gentleness, courage, and spirit.

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