paideia (παιδεια)

(Language: Greek)

Short Description: education, culture

Long Description: education, culture; the programme of traditional Hellenic education based on imitation of the Homeric exemplars; Plato initiated a philosophically oriented paideia that challenged the traditional pattern of poetically sanctioned culture and shifted the emphasis from body to soul (see: W.Jaeger Paideia: The Ideals of Greek Culture, Oxford University Press, 1943, 3 vols.).

Sources: The Golden Chain: An Anthology of Platonic and Pythagorean Philosophy, by Dr. Algis Uždavinys