“Nor at all can tell Whether I mean this day to end myself, Or lend an ear to Plato where he says, That men like soldiers may not quit the post Allotted by the Gods.” MenMayMeanEndsEarsSoldierQuittingPostsThis DayPlato Author:Alfred Lord Tennyson
“But progress in knowledge has made us aware of the superficiality of Plato's lumping of individuals and their original powers into a few sharply marked-off classes; it has taught us that original capacities are indefinitely numerous and variable. It is but the other side of this fact to say that in the degree in which society has become democratic, social organization means utilization of the specific and variable qualities of individuals, not stratification by classes.” MeanMadeFactsIndividualSocialSidesQualityClassProgressTaughtDegreesCapacityOrganizationOriginalsDemocraticPlatoTaught UsVariablesSuperficialityPlato SSocial OrganizationUtilization Book:Democracy And Education Source: Democracy And Education