Abstract

This article analyses Plato’s Philosophy specifically approaching education linked with character formation which constitutes motivation for virtuous choices by someone who has been trained in dialectics. This article intends to present how Education, Critical Thinking, Ethics and Politics are related in Socratic and Platonic dialectics. Our approach is focused in one Socratic dialogue, Charmides, an intermeadiate period dialogue, The Republic, and a logical dialogue, The Statesman.

Keywords: Plato, Socrates, Education, Character Formation, Moral Motivation