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Chapter 640 Plato

Because even outstanding people are prone to impulsivity, recklessness, and temptation when they are young due to insufficient knowledge and experience. Children born during this period will often inherit these shortcomings, while children born when outstanding people mature will Steady and thoughtful..."

After hearing this, some students looked happy and felt like they had learned something, while some students were still thinking.

Spiesippus continued to ask: "Master, you once said, 'Among the Greek city-states of today, Sparta is the best royal regime you have ever seen. Double kings, council of elders, censors... The establishment of these positions made Sparta a mixed royal government, in which no party held absolute arbitrary power, and the greed for power was strongly restricted.'...

But now Sparta violates Greek tradition and tyrannically invades Thebes. What do you think of this? "

"Spisippus." Plato always had a kind look in his eyes when facing Spisippus, because Spisippus was the son of his sister Portone. He said in a gentle tone: "I said Just because Sparta is a good royal government does not mean that it will follow the rules and become a city-state that completely follows the Greek tradition. It is precisely this kind of government of Sparta that enabled it to dominate the Peloponnese Peninsula for a long time. There are no major domestic problems. In today's chaotic situation, Sparta still holds the leadership of the Greek city-states. Isn't this the role of its institutional advantages?

However, Thebes was not another weak city-state, and it would not be easy for Sparta to completely enslave it.On the contrary, its prolonged occupation of the Theban Acropolis would only increase the Theban people's antipathy towards Sparta.One day, this antipathy will cause a fire and burn down the Spartan army, just like Thracybulus led the Athenian people to overthrow the tyrant rule..."

"Teacher Plato, since Sparta is the best royal government among the Greek city-states, what do you think of the royal system of Dionia?" Alifulon from Corinth asked.

Dionia!Hearing this name, Plato felt ripples in his heart. He once yearned to visit this alliance of city-states in the Western Mediterranean, but was unable to make the trip due to various reasons. He always had a regret in his heart.

Just when he was distracted, Oleas retorted: "Dionia is not a Greek city-state, it is a foreign government."

Alifulon retorted: "Have you watched the drama "The Dionians" too much? The main ethnic group of the Dionian Kingdom is the Greeks, and the center of the kingdom - Thurii was the one that Pericles called The city built by all Greeks also includes Crotone, Tarentum, Locle... These are all famous Greek cities in the Western Mediterranean. How come Dionia doesn't belong to Greece?! "

"Dionia has not been recognized by Delphi. It cannot even participate in the four major sports games. How can it be recognized as a Greek country?" Olea retorted again.

"I heard that Ellis issued invitations to Dionia several times under the direction of Sparta, but Dionia proposed, 'As long as it agrees to allow foreign citizens to participate in the Olympian Games, it will send a team.' Without Si's consent, Dionysia has not participated in the Olympia Games." Spisippus reminded.

"Doesn't this just mean that our Greek city-states have doubts about the recognition of Dionia?"

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Plato did not stop the students from arguing. While listening to the students' opinions, he was also thinking about how to better answer Aliforon's question.

At this time, the college guard came over and said respectfully to Plato: "There is someone outside asking to see you. He said he is from Dionia."

As soon as the guard finished speaking, everyone present stopped talking.

We were discussing Dionia, but people from Dionia came unexpectedly. What a coincidence!
"Let him come over." Plato was also curious. He didn't have many friends in Dionia. The only one he knew well was Lysias. It is said that he lived a good life in Thurii.

After a while, the guard led a young man towards them.

Everyone's eyes were curiously focused on him. The young man did not feel restrained at all. He saluted Plato generously, and then said respectfully: "I am Foster Kada, from Dionia Academy. I am highly educated. Entrusted by Teacher Ergia, I am sending you a letter from him and waiting for your reply."

Gorgias!Plato was surprised and asked: "I remember that Gorgias should be in Leotini. I visited him when I traveled to Sicily a few years ago. When did he go to Dionia?"

Foster Kada thought for a while and replied: "About six years in Dionia, King Davos personally invited him to be a teacher in Dionia Academy, and he accepted the invitation."

Plato has studied Dionia, so he is relatively familiar with Dionia's unique dating method. He said with surprise: "That should be shortly after I met Gorgias. He He told me at the time that he was old and in poor health and would not visit Athens again. Unexpectedly, he went to Thurii in Dionia again..."

Foster Kada said proudly: "That's because Dr. Dionia has superb medical skills and can treat Teacher Gorgias' disease, and the excellent environment of Dionia College is conducive to his research and teaching students. That’s why it impressed him.”

Plato nodded and asked, "Are you a student of Gorgias?"

Fostercada hesitated and said: "Gorgias is my teacher, and I learn philosophy from him. But I also learn history from Teacher Ansitanos, and mathematics and geometry from Teacher Matiklis. Learn rhetoric and debate from teacher Lysias..."

Hearing this, Plato sighed in his heart: Akademi Academy was an educational place for him to cultivate outstanding students and realize his political ideals. Why didn't he want every student to receive a multi-faceted and high-quality education?But unlike Deomia Academy, which is funded by the entire kingdom and has extremely rich teaching resources, Akademi Academy is the private property of him and his friends. From its establishment to the present, except for himself and a few occasional My friend, I haven’t invited a famous scholar to teach students advanced mathematics and geometry knowledge. Although he has dabbled in this area, he cannot fully satisfy some students’ desire for further learning, so they are more likely to let them read on their own. Collection of books.For this reason, Plato spent a lot of energy and collected books on various knowledge through various channels.

Plato did not ask any more questions, but opened Gorgias' letter.

While he was reading the letter, curious students were already communicating with Foster Carda.

"We have long heard that the Dionysian Academy is the largest place of educational knowledge in the Western Mediterranean. Compared with our Akademi, which one is better?" Athens is the most economically and culturally prosperous city among the Greek city-states. , was once called "the best school in Greece" by Pericles. Therefore, young people in Athens have a kind of cultural self-confidence, and always have a sense of pride towards people from the colonies, even those who are suffering from more severe diseases. Youth in higher education are no exception.

Foster Kada saw their expressions in his eyes and did not answer directly. Instead, he asked seriously: "How big is the area of ​​​​your college?"

"About ten acres."

"How many teachers are there?" Foster Carda asked again calmly.

"Not only do we have Teacher Plato, but also... Teacher Theaetetus also comes to teach us mathematics from time to time." Oleas was afraid of being looked down upon, so he specially added the Athenian mathematician Thaia who came occasionally. Aettus.

"How many students are there?"

"There are 23 of them, and some of them are reading in the academy's library..."

After listening to this, Foster Kada raised his head and said loudly: "Dionysia College covers an area of ​​150 acres, and its area is like a small town. There are more than 20 large and small buildings in the college and more than 300 students. It is well-known There are 15 scholars, including Mr. Lysias who wrote "Rhetorical Debate" and Mr. Ansitanus who wrote "History of Magna Graecia". They invented pulley mechanics, lever mechanics, the theory of tone fluctuations, and the theory of buoyancy. Teacher Marticolis, Teacher Helps who wrote "Human Anatomy" and "A Preliminary Study of Disease", Teacher Gorgias who wrote "On Being or Nature", Philo who invented new musical lyrics Teacher Sanus... In addition to these famous scholars, we also have more than 20 teachers and more than 100 staff serving students and teachers...

Our students have many courses, including philosophy, rhetoric, law, mathematics, astronomy, history, poetry, biology, music... In addition, we also have to do physical exercises and even hold some competitions to ensure that we are in harmony with our bodies and minds and exercise at the same time. Our will to win.

In order to be able to devote ourselves to studying, we all have our own accommodation in the college... Oh, by the way!There is also a large library in the Dionysian Academy, which now has a collection of more than 5000 books, including not only Greek works, but also Persian, Egyptian, and Carthage...such as agricultural books from Carthage and Persian codex. , we have specialized personnel to translate these books..."

The young people were dumbfounded by Foster Kada's narration, with envy and jealousy intertwined on their faces.Some people couldn't help but say: "What you said sounds good, but who knows if it is true?"

Foster Kada sneered: "Dionia Academy is thousands of miles away from Athens to the west. You can send people to confirm at any time. You will find that what I said is far from describing Dionia. The true strength of Nia Academy.”

"It doesn't matter whether there is more or less matter. It is enough that we have a teacher Plato who can let us master real knowledge." Spisippus reminded everyone.

(End of this chapter)