Plato believed in educating the upper class, because they are the ones who will be running the country. He also believed in educating women and children. But he did not believe that children should be kept in a family, but should be raised by the community, put in schools together for the good of their education. He did not believe that parents are suitable teachers for children.
             Plato believed that women were equal to men and that, though some women are smaller, some women are larger than some men and therefore should be allowed to learn the same skills that men do. Plato's Republic describes how male and female "guardians" receive the same education and be given the same duties in society. These guardians are the ones who will be in charge of the city-state which Plato envisioned for everyone, an ideal society, where philosophers are kings. In other words, thoughtful presidents who know how to think in terms of what is the good for all mankind and make their decisions based on that. He believed that politicians could be educated, as well, to think like philosophers.
             This philosopher-king would be in charge, and it is important that they have a philosophical temperament. Plato believed that a student can be educated to have a philosophical temperament. To have a philosophical temperament means that a person can judge between what seems to be true from what is really true. In other words, the student can be made into a critical thinker. Things that are involved in this kind of thinking are:
             1.Difference between the absolutely true and the partially true and therefore misleading.
             2.Difference between the appearance of objects we see and want in everyday life, which is actually temporary and do not really satisfy our needs, and the long-lasting things which we need, which are abstract and unchanging, such as truth, beauty, and Good.
             Plato also believed that it is dangerous to raise children in families, as they might have ...