Greatness of Spirit as an Educational Ideal

In his Letters on the Aesthetic Education of Man, Schiller says that the artist is a child of his age. But then he adds: 'Woe to him if he is also the disciple or the favorite of his age! ' Despite all their complaints and even their cries, the age they lived in allowed them to say 'woe to those who were the apprentices or favorites of their age'. Today, those who are said to be 'woe to us' are those whose only sin consists of longing for the times when people lived more noble in spirit.

Man is in the grip of corruption from within and degeneration from outside. He lost his desire for greatness and became a slave to ambition and avarice. In the world that these two founded and are now wreaking havoc on, baseness is rampant everywhere, and one by one, whatever is left of nobility in people is being taken over. There are neither those who come to the aid of those who resist, nor anyone who listens to their cries.

Just as the domination over man cripples the essence of man, deprives him of his humanity, and in this respect freedom is as natural a need for man as bread and water, man's domination over things outside himself, although initially arousing the thought that it would support and strengthen his freedom, is now evident today. It serves not freedom but arbitrariness, and arbitrariness eventually turns into tyranny and deprives people of their humanity.


Thin Cover:

Number of Pages: 152

Year of Printing: 2010


eBook:

Number of Pages: 135

Year of Printing: 2010


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Say Publications

First Print Year: 2010

Language Turkish