Medieval and Renaissance Philosophers on Education

Tetiana Danylova,Ihor Hoian

doi:10.22178/pos.63-8

Abstract

Philosophical understanding of education is a logical continuation of philosophical interpretation of the world and human beings in it. Therefore, it is not surprising that such an important social sphere has attracted attention of philosophers for centuries. Even a cursory glance at their concepts reveals that they have touched upon most issues that are still relevant today. The paper attempts to briefly describe the educational ideas of Titus Flavius Clemens, Origen, Saint Augustine, Boethius, Thomas Aquinas, Francesco Petrarch, Vittorino de Feltre, Michel de Montaigne, Erasmus of Rotterdam, Thomas More, Tommaso Campanella. The authors used hermeneutical, cultural-historical, and integrative approaches.

Highlights

The great interest of philosophers in the problems of education is determined by the very fate of philosophy, its past, and future
Philosophical understanding of education is a logical continuation of philosophical interpretation of the world and human beings in it
Even a cursory glance at their concepts reveals that they have touched upon most issues that are still relevant today

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Introduction

The great interest of philosophers in the problems of education is determined by the very fate of philosophy, its past, and future. According to one of the most famous Christian theologians and philosophers of the Patristic period of church history Augustine of Hippo ( known as Saint Augustine), the purpose of education is to merge with God. In his treatise “The City of God” [14], he attempted to combine ancient philosophy and the ideas of Christianity into a single doctrine of good and evil, human sinfulness, love, salvation, and repentance. In the 11-13th centuries under the conditions of profound changes in the political and spiritual life of society, a new type of religious philosophy – scholasticism – emerged.

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