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- Publisher
- SAGE
- Copyright
- © 1957 Australian Council for Educational Research
- ISSN
- 0004-9441
- eISSN
- 2050-5884
- DOI
- 10.1177/000494415700100110
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
BOOK REVIEWS the eyes of his beloved. Abstracting the erotic element, which was undoubtedly often present in the relationship, and 'substituting .. tufut .. and .. pupil" for .. lover" and" beloved", we have the !rey to that interaction of personalities wherein true education must always consist. At any rate the development was inevitable in a sudety from whose significant aspects women were rigidly excluded. The female answer to it is found in the societies of women typified. by the figure of Sappbo on Lesbos. With the perpetual enigma of Lesbos, Marrou deals sensitively. The association had its unhealthy side. Yet, when all is said, .. the personality of these yO'llllg girts was fashioned to oonfontl. to an ideal of beauty, aspiring to wisdom "(p. 84). One may regret the absence of mote than passing references to Aristotle. Mattou is well aware of the omission and excuses it on the ground that Aristotle's educational work does net seem to him to have the " same kind" of creative originality as Plato's and Isocrates', To dismiss Aristotle as simply" reflecting the ideas and practice of his age" (p. 381, n. 2) is to do scant justice to his own distinctive
Journal
Australian Journal of Education – SAGE
Published: Apr 1, 1957