The Legalist Idea of Government

I believe that the Legalist idea of government is Sparta because to the Legalists, strength not goodness was a ruler’s greatest virtue. Many feudal rulers chose Legalism as the most effective way to keep order. So in my opinion Sparta was a more Legalist idea of government because of that they were very harsh on their people for many reasons. One form of it was that as Sparta was a warrior society, so from an early age, boys trained for a lifetime in the military. Officials of the government examined every newborn and any child seen as weak or sickly was abandoned and left to die. At the age of seven, boys were moved into barracks, where they were toughened by a course diet, hard exercise, and rigid discipline. Education was of no importance in Sparta, but to have a well trained military was. Girls were also trained rigorously and strengthened their bodies so they could give birth to healthy boys for the Spartan army. Women were seen as special for they were the ones who gave birth to the strong boys who will one day be part of the Spartan army. The Spartans completely isolated themselves from other Greeks. They looked down on trade and travel, because the government did not want their people exposed to foreign ideas.
Confucius believed that education was key. But, the Athens and Sparta had different views of education. And I believe that the city state that portrayed the Confucian view on education better was the Athens. They had a better outlook on education rather than the Spartans because of the fact that the Spartans had no importance on education other than to having a well trained military. To the Athens education was very important to them. There were many schools in Athens. Most boys went to schools where the learned to read and write. Besides learning to read and write they also studied music and memorized poetry. They studied to become public speakers because, as citizens in a democracy they would have to voice their opinions. Athenian boys were also