Whitehead emphasizes that the aim of education
is wisdom and not knowledge..
‘In the schools
of antiquity philosophers aspired to impart wisdom, in modern colleges our
humbler aim is to teach subjects.’
He feels that to do this would be..
‘an education failure’
‘What I am
anxious to impress you is that though knowledge is one chief aim of
intellectual education, there is another ingredient, vaguer but greater and
more dominating in its importance. The ancients called it ‘wisdom’.’
Reflecting his idea that although knowledge is important, wisdom is greater.
Reflecting his idea that although knowledge is important, wisdom is greater.
No comments:
Post a Comment