Chapter 59 Plato

Because even the outstanding people are prone to impulsiveness, recklessness, and temptation when they are young because of lack of knowledge and experience. Children born during this period tend to inherit these shortcomings, while children born to outstanding people when their minds are mature will be Steady, thoughtful..."

Hearing this, some students looked happy, and if they got something, some students are still thinking.

Spicypus continued to ask: "Teacher, you once said, 'In the current Greek city-state, Sparta is the best royal government you have ever seen. Double kings, council of elders, ombudsman... The setting of these positions has made Sparta a mixed royal regime, in which neither party has absolute domineering power, and the greed for power is strongly restrained.'  …

But now Sparta violated the Greek tradition and invaded Thebes tyrannically. What do you think about this? "

"Spiesipus." Plato faced Spicypus, always with a bit of kindness in his eyes, because Spicipes was the son of his sister Potone, he said gently: "I said The fact that Sparta is a good royal regime does not mean that it will follow the rules and become a city-state that completely follows the Greek tradition. It is precisely this regime of Sparta that enables it to dominate the Peloponnese for a long time. There are no major problems in the country. In today's chaotic situation, Sparta still holds the dominance of the Greek city-states. Isn't this the role played by its institutional advantages?

But Thebes is not another weak city-state, and it is not easy for Sparta to completely enslave it. On the contrary, its prolonged occupation of the Acropolis of Thebes only increased the antipathy of the people of Thebes to Sparta. One day, this disgust will cause a fire that will burn down the Spartan army, just as Thrasibulus led the Athenian people to overthrow the tyrant..."

"Teacher Plato, since Sparta is the best kingship system in the Greek city-state, what do you think of the kingship system in Dionia?" asked Aliphron from Corinth.

Dionia! Hearing this name, Plato's heart was filled with ripples. He had longed to visit this alliance of city-states in the Western Mediterranean, but he was unable to do so due to various reasons, and he always had a regret in his heart.

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

Aliforon retorted: "You have watched the play "The Dionysians" too much. The main ethnic group of the Dionysian kingdom is the Greeks, and the center of the kingdom-Turiyi was originally called by Pericles. The city built by all the Greeks, it also has Crotone, Tarantum, Locri... These are all famous Greek cities in the Western Mediterranean, why doesn't Dionia belong to Greece?! "

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

"I heard that Ailes invited Dionia several times at Sparta's direction, but Dionia offered, 'As long as it agrees to allow alien citizens to participate in the Olympia Games, it will send a team.' Ailey Dionysus didn't participate in the Olympia Games," Spicipes reminded.

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

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Plato did not stop the students from arguing. While listening to the opinions of the students, he was also thinking about how to better answer this question of Aliphron.

At this time, the guard of the college came over and said respectfully to Plato: "Someone asked to see you outside, and he said he was from Dionia."

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

We were discussing Dionysian, and I didn't expect Dionia's people to come, which is too coincidental!

"Let him come over." Plato was equally curious. He had no friends in Dionia. The only one he knew was Lysias. It is said that he had a good life in Turii.

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

Everyone's eyes focused on him curiously. The young man didn't feel restrained at all. He saluted Plato generously, and then said respectfully: "I am Fosterkarda, I come from Dionysian Academy, and I have received high school diplomas. On the request of Teacher Ergia, I have sent you a letter from him, and I am waiting for your reply."

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

Fostercada thought for a while and replied, "It was about six years in Dionia. King Davos personally invited him to be a teacher at Dionia Academy, and he accepted the invitation."

Plato had studied Dionia, so he was relatively familiar with Dionia's unique way of chronology, Wei Lu said in surprise: "That should have happened shortly after I met Gorgias. He He told me at the time that he was too old and in poor health to come to Athens again, but I didn't expect to go to Turii in Dionia..."

Fostercada proudly said: "That's because Doctor 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. So that moved him."

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

Fostercada hesitated, and said, "Gorgia is my teacher, and I learn philosophy from him. But I also learn history from Mr. Ancitanos, and mathematics and geometry from Mr. Mathicris. Learn rhetoric and debate from Mr. Lycias..."

Hearing this, Plato sighed in his heart: Akademi College is an educational place for him to cultivate outstanding students and realize his political ideals. He doesn't want every student to receive a multi-faceted and high-quality education. But unlike Diomia 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 the occasional few My friend, I haven't invited a famous scholar to teach students advanced mathematics and geometry. Although he has also dabbled in this area, he cannot fully satisfy some students' desire for further study, so they are more likely to read on their own. Collection of books. To this end, Plato spent a lot of energy and collected books of various knowledge through various channels.

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

While he was reading the letter, curious students had begun to communicate with Fosterkarda.

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

Foster Kada looked at their expressions, did not answer directly, but asked earnestly, "How big is your academy?"

"About ten acres of land."

"How many teachers are there?" Fostercada asked again calmly.

"We not only have Teacher Plato, but also... Teacher Siaetetus also comes to teach us mathematics from time to time." Aureas, for fear of being looked down upon, specially added the Athenian mathematician who came once in a while. Aettos.

"How many students are there?"

"There are 23, and a few are reading in the library of the academy..."

After listening to this, Foster Cada raised his head and said loudly: "Dionysian 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 academy, with more than 300 students, well-known There are 15 scholars, including Mr. Lycias, who wrote "Rhetorical Debate", Mr. Ancitanos, who wrote "History of Great Greece", who invented pulley mechanics, lever mechanics, pitch fluctuation theory, and buoyancy theory. Mr. Mattikoris, Mr. Helps, who wrote "Anatomy of the Human Body" and "An Inquiry into Diseases", Mr. Gorgias who wrote "On Being or Nature", and Mr. Ferro who invented the new musical lyric Mr. Sanus... In addition to these famous scholars, we have more than 20 teachers and more than 100 people who serve students and teachers...

Our students have many courses, including philosophy, rhetoric, law, mathematics, astronomy, history, poetry, biology, music... In addition, we also need to do physical exercise, and even hold some competitions to ensure our physical and mental harmony, while exercising Our will to win.

In order to be able to devote ourselves to our studies, we all have our own quarters in the academy... oh yes! There is also a large library in Dionia Academy, which now has more than 5,000 books, not only Greek works, but also Persian, Egyptian, Carthage...such as Carthage's agricultural book, Persian code of law , we have specialized personnel to translate these books..."

The youths were stunned by Fosterkarda's account, with envy and jealousy intertwined on their faces. Someone couldn't help but say: "What you said sounds good, who knows if it's true?"

Fosterkada sneered: "Dionia Academy is thousands of miles away from Athens to the west, you can send someone to confirm at any time, you will find that what I said is far from describing Dio. The true strength of Nia Academy."

"It doesn't matter how much or little matter is, it's enough that we have a Plato teacher who can give us real knowledge." Spicypus reminded everyone aloud.