Civic Education Quiz

Archidamus II stresses the importance of civic education for instilling Spartan virtues of toughness, obedience, cunning, simplicity, and preparedness. He emphasizes the value of self-control, the avoidance of despising laws, and the focus on practical knowledge over theoretical understanding.

The Spartan virtues mentioned by Archidamus II are toughness, obedience, cunning, simplicity, and preparedness.

The Spartans are educated with too little learning to despise the laws, and with too severe a self-control to disobey them. They are taught to avoid being too knowledgeable in useless matters and to base their preparations against an enemy on the assumption that his plans are good.

Archidamus II emphasizes that the Spartans should consider their enemies' schemes as not dissimilar to their own and base their preparations on the assumption that their enemies' plans are good. He stresses the importance of resting hopes on the soundness of provisions rather than on the belief in enemies' blunders.

Archidamus II suggests that the Spartans should not believe in much difference between man and man, but rather think that the superiority lies with the one who is better reared.