narration of book 1, chapter 4 Authority and docility are two essential elements in our lives: when balanced properly, they keep us in a healthy social orbit and provide structure and stability to our lives and relationships. These tools—authority and
love and justice
narration of book 1, chapter 3, part b In his Republic, Plato speaks at length of the musical training every child should receive. Not musical as in notes and melodies, but the harmonizing of the guiding affections of the soul.
imagination, reason, and beauty
narration of book 1, chapter 3, part a Every person is born with possibilities for good and evil in body and mind, heart and soul. It is the hope of education to direct those tendencies towards the good while subduing
mind of a child
narration of book 1, chapter 2 What is in the mind of a child? Does he have the capacity to think, imagine, reason? How does he process information? What motivates him to be self-educated? Every child is born into the