The purpose of education is to train philosophers and soldiers, that is, to train the supreme rulers and defenders of slave-owning countries, so that they can get close to the world of "ideas" and know the supreme master-eternal truth. The ultimate goal of education is to turn the soul, develop human kindness and rationality, and make the harmony of the soul reach a perfect realm.

The state should carry out unified education in order to better serve the ruling class. Plato attached great importance to the role of education, and thought that education was the influence and cultivation of children's habits. Through this influence, guide them to "hate what you should hate and love what you should love" to achieve the purpose of education.

The content of education

It should include the last three of the seven arts-astronomy, music and geometry. Arithmetic and so on. Pay attention to music and sports at the same time. Plato also proposed for the first time to use examinations to assess talents. In the stage of general education (7- 18 years old), Plato advocated harmonious education and paid attention to spreading knowledge to students, especially music and sports. Equal access to education for men and women is an important system of national management education.

Generally speaking, Plato's educational view of utopia emphasizes the importance of cultivating rulers and defenders, attaches importance to the role and content of education, advocates the unified management of education by the state and pays attention to harmonious education.