Abstract

Plato, through the dialogues of Republic, Laws, Protagoras, Menon, The Symposium and Theetitos, links inherently education with state stability. The proper functioning of the state machinery presupposes education and seeks the first foundation of political and social stability. The role of education at the social and political level is enormous, since it believes that the political instability of its time, the corruption of institutions and morals should be addressed through a political and social reform, based in particular on a rigorous control in the field of education.