paideia
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- IPA /paɪˈdeɪ.ə/
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paideia noun
- An Athenian system of education designed to give students a broad cultural background focusing integration into the public life of the city-state with subject matter including gymnastics, grammar, rhetoric, music, mathematics, geography, natural history, and philosophy
- The epitome of physical and intellectual achievement to which an Ancient Greek citizen could aspire; societal and cultural perfection.
- An early model of Christian higher learning having theology as its chief subject.
- (frequently attributive) A pedagogical system focusing on providing children with a broad and balanced education.
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humanitaspædionpaedeuticsprogymnasmatapædeuticsacademyperipateticismperipateticspedagogismacademepaedagogyepicedianperipatecianpanegyrispedagogerypolispœcile
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