『제7서한』에 나타난 플라톤의 교육론

Abstract

The Purpose of this study is to clarify the educational implication of Plato’s 7th Epistles although it has some controversity whether it was written by Plato or not. The topic of Epistles is to warn the young politicians who had served Dion, the uncle of Dionysious II who was the president of Siracusa at BCE 350. In 7th Epistles, there are some keywords which have educational meanings: way of life(tropos), custom(ethos), public duty(epitēdeumata), Philosophical Intercourse (synousia) are as following. Having a good way of life is a educational goals for every citizens. To having a good life, citizen should have good habit and custom, for it can make citizen self-control and order their family. In public sphere, citizen should obey the law and call their public duty diligently. Respecting the law and constitution(nomoi) of the state(polis) was the obligation of the citizen in Ancient Greece, which make the state safe & sound. Epitēdeumata, which can be translated either public duties or custom, mean roles of the citizen to make state sound. By participating in the public duties of the state, the citizens got excellence in both his vocational talent and moral goodness. For the education of philosophers, Plato suggests the philosophical intercourse. It is a existential method to make philosopher and pre-philosophers familiar authentically.