Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“Am I not right in maintaining that a good education is that which tends most to the improvement of mind and body?”
- Source
- Laws
- Date
- 4th century BCE
- Local voice
- Dialogue speaker · Athenian Stranger
- English wording
- Benjamin Jowett — Translator · from Ancient Greek
Meaning of “Am I not right in maintaining that a…”
The speaker asks whether education should develop mental as well as bodily capacities. In the dialogue this opens a discussion of early nurture, training and the proposed legal order.
Where does it come from?
Laws, Book VII, Benjamin Jowett English translation. The Athenian Stranger asks Cleinias this question as they begin discussing how children should be raised; it is dialogue, not a detached modern prescription for health or schooling.
Why the local voice matters
Laws, Book VII; an explicit question posed by the Athenian Stranger to Cleinias in a discussion of early upbringing.
