Excerpt from Roman Education
The education given to the children of a nation is of necessity shaped by the desire which is commonly felt as to what they shall become as citizens. We can see this very clearly in the history of education at Rome. In the free democracies of Greece the aim, at least of those who were most progressive and most in agreement with the genius of the nation, was directed to the full and harmonious development of the whole nature. That the body should be trained strength, activity and grace, that the intelligence should be quick, accurate, and alert, guided in practical affairs by reason rather than tradition, that every citizen should bring to the judgement of the creations of art a trained and sensitive taste, and should be able to spend his seasons of leisure in music, song or refined discussion, - to ends such as these the whole early training was consciously directed. But it was very different at Rome. So long as Rome remained what she was for nearly five centuries of her national life - a small Italian state, with only rare and limited contact with the rich and fertile world of Greek culture - the education of her children aimed at no more than at the development of those virtues and capacities, the value of which was recognised in daily life.
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