Presented to : Dr.

Shumaila Mehmood
Topic : Plato
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Introduction to Plato
Hafsa Zia
Introduction
Full name: Plato
Born: 428–427 BC; Athens
Died: 348–347 BC (age approx 80); Athens
Era: Ancient philosophy
Region: Western Philosophy
Notable ideas: Platonic realism
Influenced by: Socrates, Homer, Hesiod,
Aristophanes,Aesop , Protagoras, Parmenides,
Pythagoras, Heraclitus, Orphism
Family
Platos father was Ariston and mother was
Perictione, whose family boasted of a
relationship with the famous Athenian
lawmaker and lyric poet Solon.
Besides Plato himself, Ariston and Perictione
had three other children; two sons,
Adeimantus and Glaucon, and a daughter,
Potone.
Education
Platos education, like any other Athenian
boys, was physical as well as mental; he was
instructed in grammar (that is, reading and
writing), music, painting and gymnastics by
the most distinguished teachers of his time.
Plato wrestled at the Isthmian games and did
extremely well and was well known.
Later life
Plato may have traveled in Italy, Sicily, Egypt
and Cyrene.
Said to have returned to Athens at the age of
forty, Plato founded one of the earliest known
organized schools in Western Civilization on
a plot of land in the Grove of Hecademus or
Academus.
Death
One story, based on a mutilated
manuscript, suggests Plato died in his bed,
whilst a young Thracian girl played the
flute to him.
Another tradition suggests Plato died at a
wedding feast.
According to Tertullian, Plato simply died
in his sleep
Aims and Education by Plato

Samar Fatima
 Plato’s Philosophy
Every one should devote his life , what is
best fitted for him to do.
Important function of education is to
determine what every individual is by
nature capable to do it.
Poor leader ship leads to wrong decision.
Social distance is giving what is due to it.
Curriculum

Faiqa Badar
Simplicity
All boys and girls would be educated
together. They would study mathematics,
literature,
Poetry, and music until the age of eighteen.
Military Training. The next two years of the
teens‘ life would be devoted to physical
education alone. Next, the best youths is
chosen for the big‘ education given to the
upcoming defenders of the state.
Higher Education.
Between the ages of twenty and thirty-five, the
future guardian would accept a higher
education to arrange him for ruling the state.
His studies would demand mathematics,
music, and literature. At the age of thirty, he
would have sufficient maturity to start his study
of philosophy. At thirty-five, his traditional
education would finish and he would invade
upon a small administrative condition.
There are 3 sources of knowledge: Knowledge
obtained from senses i.e. knowledge of objects ,
colors, taste, touch etc.
But Plato does not consider this as real knowledge. An
opinion regarding any object , but this knowledge
cannot be relied upon as the views of every person
differs regarding the same object.
Knowledge through mind or wisdom – it is the highest
degree of knowledge which includes virtues like
truth , goodness and beauty. This knowledge is
idealistic and is based on original thinking. The
characteristic of knowledge is that it is found in the
form of universal truth.
Teaching Methodology
Mahwish Zubair
Teaching methods
Plato’s proposal of the play system at the basic
level was that pupils should learn by giving
presentations.He placed great importance of
nursery education, as nursery education plays
an essential role in the education of Man..
Storytelling in plateaus you is a main tool for
the formation of character. The sexes are to be
divided at the age of 6 but girls too should
address lessons in writing as they and all other
subjects like boys.
Physical education
physical training may take two or three years
during which nothing else can be done girls
must be expert in the same path and learn
horseback riding atlantics and fighting in the
battle the woman should be able to protect the
children.
Reading writing music and
arithmetic
In plato’s educational system our child
beginning at the age of 10 will have three
years on reading writing and poetry an
energy her three on learning the Iyre.The
other subjects taught what the four rules
namely arithmetic free astronomy and
harmony. The goal of education is to assist
people to know the idea of the God which is
to be upright.
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