# The Roots of State Education Part 2: Plato's Case Against Free-Market Education

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/excursions/the-roots-of-state-education-part-2-platos-case-against-free-market-education>

**By** George H. Smith

**Published:** November 19, 2014

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History’s first great philosopher wasn’t a fan of educational freedom.

[Originally published in essay form on February 21, 2012.](https://www.libertarianism.org/essays/excursions/roots-state-education-part-2-platos-case-against-free-market-education)

_Narrated by James Foster._