Some Thoughts Concerning Education · Chapter
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This chapter provides a single endnote referencing Roman and Greek historical sources that emphasize the role of parents in the education of their children, citing Suetonius, Plutarch, and Diodorus Siculus.
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This chapter provides a single endnote referencing Roman and Greek historical sources that emphasize the role of parents in the education of their children, citing Suetonius, Plutarch, and Diodorus Siculus.
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- Parental Responsibility and Authority
The endnote underscores the historical view that education was a parental duty, as seen in Roman and Greek sources.
Characters to notice
- Children
Referenced as the subjects of parental education in Roman and Greek tradition.
- The Greeks
Mentioned via Diodorus Siculus as part of historical educational practices.
Key passages
“How much the Romans thought the education of their children a business that properly belonged to the parents themselves, see in Suetonius, August. §64. Plutarch in Vita Catonis Censoris , Diodorus Siculus, l. 2, cap. 3.”
The Romans considered the education of their children to be a matter for the parents, as shown in Suetonius' 'Augustus' §64, Plutarch's 'Life of Cato the Censor', and Diodorus Siculus' 'Library of History' Book 2, Chapter 3.
This endnote directs readers to classical sources that affirm the parental role in education.
