The greatest educators ever

The Greatest Educators Ever

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The Greatest

Educators Ever

Frank M. Flanagan

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Contents

Introduction 1

Socrates (469/70-399 BC) and the Search for Definition

1 13

2 Plato (428-347BC): Education for the State

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3

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Aristotle (384-322 BC): Education for Leisure

4 Jesus (5/4BC-27/8AD?): Education for the Common Man 44 5 Marcus Fabius Quintilian (35-