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Platoński program wychowania zdrowego obywatela
Platonic program of raising a healthy citizen

Author(s): Daniel Zarewicz
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Plato; Republic; education; raising a citizen; paideia

Summary/Abstract: Both nowadays and in the time of Plato the love and pursuit of wisdom is a means of achievingthorough well-being due to the practice of self-teaching, educating the mind and training thebody. The ultimate goal of philosophical education is to achieve divine status (homoiosis theo),which is the true sense of human life. Philosophy belongs to the social and intellectual elite.Only those who are sufficiently prepared may admire and experience the influence of Eros’teaching. The initiation into philosophy has the traits of emotional, erotic and religiousmysterium, and therefore lies within reach of few.

  • Issue Year: 243/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 161-176
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish