Which statements describe the education of prospective guardians and philosopher-rulers in Plato's Republic?
(i) Education directs the soul toward truth and the good.
(ii) Early education includes music and gymnastics.
(iii) A selection around age twenty leads to advanced, integrated study.
(iv) A further selection around age thirty prepares suitable candidates for dialectic.
Choose the correct answer.
(i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
All four statements fit the educational scheme in the Republic, especially Books II–III and VII. Plato combines early formation through music and gymnastics with later mathematical study and carefully selected training in dialectic; elementary education is not confined to ages below six.
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