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THREE BASIC AIMS OF ONE ULTIMATE
GOAL OF EDUCATION |
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Socrates emphasi- zes truth. Locke and Van Dyke stress mental power and
discipline, while Montaigne views the whole of the man, and yet all of them see eye to eye
that the primary purpose of education is the cultivation of mind and character.
Namely, the improvement of man. Modern education throughout the world has inclined
toward the improvement not of man but of the things which are to be used by man. Imperceptibly, however, the tide is turning. Thinking men and
women are not content with the mere gathering of facts but are concerned with the search
for the deeper meaning of life through education. The end of education is man and not
things. |
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