REFLEXÃO HISTÓRICA SOBRE A IMPORTÂNCIA DA EDUCAÇÃO NO PENSAMENTO DE ARISTÓTELES

Abstract

The aim of this study is to analyze how the formation process of the free man takes place and its relationship with virtues, social and political life in the Aristotelian thought. The text is divided into two parts; in the fi rst part, a historical analysis of the Greek education is presented. In the second part, the relationship between ethics and education and between education and politics is analyzed. It was observed that in Aristotelian thought education is seen from a political point of view being an important instrument for the State to guarantee the formation of the new leaders of the polis.