Introduction Ancient philosophers like Plato, Aristotle, and Petrarch were fundamental in shaping the theory and practice of education in the world. Their ideas are still evident in the views of those who are in charge of the education system. To begin with, Plato believed that acquisition of knowledge was the way to being virtuous in life but he tended to differ with philosophers like Aristotle stating that education to be acquired from the natural world was limited and could change from time to time. The ideas of Plato with regard to education mainly focused on the overall purpose of education which he said should be geared towards the good. That person should not only focus on the benefits and pleasures of being educated by they should be familiar with the form of the good that results from education. Main body Plato was significant in pointing out some aspects and trends in leadership. He noted degeneration in leadership due to what he believed to be a lack of separation between self-interest and political power. Plato believed the values of democracy had been misused by the leaders because they have taken the interests of the masses for granted. Those leaders are in their positions just to satisfy their selfish needs. He asserted that political power is enticing and has attracted people who do not have the good leadership qualities He was also not in agreement with sophistic views with regard to the attainment of human happiness. He argued that the sophistic doctrines’ irrationality should not be allowed to overtake reason. Aristotle argued that man alone lives by and is guided by reason throughout. That is why each individual is born unique with important characteristics like reason and rationality that make him different from the beasts. Plato spoke against the sophist’s prominence that attainment of worldly success is the only way to happiness. He believed that the route to happiness in life is by the man taking morality to be his first priority so as to achieve happiness. He believed that making knowledge subjective and making the truth relative negatively impacts morality because they undermine it. To him, morality should have a base that is objective and must be conjoined with self-interest because it leads to the betterment of an individual and not a group. According to him an average man who does not understand why rules concerning morality should be followed under any situation is likely to be guided by self-interest. Aristotle believed that education should aim at self-actualization in man. That happiness is the most significant thing everybody who seeks education aims at realizing as a good. For Aristotle, a happy must has to be virtuous and virtue does not come up as a result of the natural phenomenon but it is through education that a person will acquire virtues. According to Aristotle true knowledge is brought about by the use of senses. For instance, he said that senses “give the most authoritative knowledge of particulars”(Aristotle) On the other hand Plato held the opinion that inherent knowledge of separate materials existing on their own can be said to be true because intrinsic knowledge does not require interaction with the external environment so as to find meaning. “Any one forms the true opinion of anything without rational explanatio