But let us look at a feverish city, too" (372e). This ability to distinguish between good and bad without ever having been directly exposed to the bad is the intended result of the guardians' education. Perhaps he emphasizes the importance of a certain nature to add an aura of prestige to education. He acknowledges that his proposed regime and its philosopher-kings are implausible and, instead, the real goal is to establish an ordered, just regime within oneself (592). The answer, Plato believed, was to rely upon the value of a good education. Although music is the most important component in the guardians' education, equilibrium between music and gymnastics is important for the production of moral guardians. Although Plato's Republic is best known for its definitive defense of justice, it also includes an equally powerful defense of philosophical education. The three forms of storytelling are dramatic, tragedy, and comedy. Plato feels that certain aspects of theology would have to be censored such as heaven being responsible for everything, both good and evil. The grown up people of guardian class will receive the education of science and philosophy. After convincing Glaucon that escaping the cave and becoming a philosopher is advantageous, Socrates returns to more practical political matters. Like excessive displays of grief, excessive displays of happiness threaten the stoic attitude that is desirable in guardians. The Guardians will have to be both fierce and gentle. Glaucon and Adeimantus are participants in Plato’s dialogues. Although Plato's Republic is best known for its definitive defense of justice, it also includes an equally powerful defense of philosophical education. They presumably assert that they put into the soul knowledge that isn't in it, as through they were putting sight into blind eyes…but the present argument, on the other hand…indicates that this power is in the soul of each and that the instrument with which each learns--just as an eye is not able to turn toward the light from the dark without the whole body--must be turned around from that which is coming into being together with the whole soul until it is able to endure looking at that which is and the brightest part of that which is (518c). I now feel that censorship is sometimes needed after reading Plato’s views on censorship. Women of the guardian class are indeed to be given the same education as men, but they will become the “companions and colleagues” of their guardian husbands. The higher section is the Philosophic Rulers and the lower section is the warriors. The tales deemed unfit for a child to hear would be discarded. Moreover, a proper training in this kind makes a man quick to perceive any defect or ugliness in art and nature” (chapter 9, page 90). "The same education which makes a man a good guardian will make a woman a good guardian; for their original nature is the same." Instead, knowledge of "the good" must be absolute; Socrates says, "When it comes to good things, no one is satisfied with what is opined to be so but each seeks the things that are" (505d). A progressive education that teaches men to use their existing capacity for knowledge is what Socrates intends for the philosopher-kings. Good tales must also foster courage, moderation, and justice. But above all, they must love hard work. Plato’s education of music, gymnastics, mathematics and dialectics in the Republic helps to ensure that these three components of the soul are in harmony with each other. I… Dramatic form is when a poet tells a story by acting out different characters in a story. Following his discussion of medicine, Socrates discusses the appropriate character of judges. Every component of speech must follow the disposition of a good soul; "Good speech, good harmony, good grace, and good rhythm accompany good disposition" (400e). He leads them toward the light by means of questions and dialectics until they are able to make an account of their knowledge for themselves (511c-d). Socrates then spontaneously progresses to the cave analogy in order to explain the process of coming to know the good by means of education. Next, he teaches about thought through his discussion of the philosopher-kings' education and dialectics. (Republic 454d) Thus, Plato maintained that prospective guardians, both male and female, should receive the same education and be assigned to the same vital functions within the society. The heroes told in stories should be brave, unafraid of death, and are not dependent on others. There are certain aspects such as censorship and a changing God that I felt a certain way about before I read this book, but now feel differently. Socrates' incessant use of irony causes us to have our own interrogative and dialectic relationship with the dialogue, which increases our capacity to understand what is. He says that these poets' tales include bad lies, which further unrealistic images of the gods and heroes (377e). The country must then take land from neighboring countries in order to be able to accommodate all of the citizens. Socrates says that those fit for a guardian's education must by nature be "philosophic, spirited, swift, and strong" (376 c). . Children must be told that the gods are not the cause of all things, only those which are good and just (380c). Socrates' ludicrous examples, different images, and persistent questioning are clearly intended to help guide his pupils upward through the levels of reality to the highest, truest knowledge of what is. Not only does Socrates (Plato's mouthpiece in the dialogue) posit two differing visions of education (the first is the education of the warrior guardians and the second is the philosopher-kings' education), but he also provides a more subtle account of education through the pedagogical method he uses with Glaucon and Adeimantus. Furthermore, it is insufficient to merely have opinions about the good. Socrates, however, still recognizes the danger of the full truth. When told that his experience in the cave was not entirely real, he would rebel--and not without reason (515d). In accordance with the progressive, playful, philosophical education suggested by the cave analogy and the philosopher-kings' education, Socrates uses numerous varying and often conflicting ideas and images (among which is the first account of education) to gradually guide his pupils toward a personal realization of knowledge and philosophy.