Comments on: What Then Is An Educated Man? http://rimart.net/2007/02/17/what-then-is-an-educated-man/ formerly "a life less than ordinary" Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:48:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: philip http://rimart.net/2007/02/17/what-then-is-an-educated-man/#comment-16651 philip Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:06:33 +0000 http://mzaragosa.wordpress.com/2007/02/17/what-then-is-an-educated-man/#comment-16651 its amazing how facts are coming out about who an educated man truely is. all logical and rational decisions earth required requires and will require were, are and will be quenched by the secret of education, be it in any form...please be educated all.... pls send me copy aswell.. tanx its amazing how facts are coming out about who an educated man truely is. all logical and rational decisions earth required requires and will require were, are and will be quenched by the secret of education, be it in any form…please be educated all….

pls send me copy aswell.. tanx

]]> By: Grace http://rimart.net/2007/02/17/what-then-is-an-educated-man/#comment-15849 Grace Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:29:10 +0000 http://mzaragosa.wordpress.com/2007/02/17/what-then-is-an-educated-man/#comment-15849 Hi!!! Good Day!!! Kindly send me a copy of this piece... 'coz I gravely need it for our literature subject. I am the one who was assigned to deliver it on class so I have to prepare for it. Please.....please....ThankXXX!!! Here is my e- mail ad: mgfabillar_17@yahoo.com God Bless!!! More Power!!!! Hi!!!
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]]> By: Art http://rimart.net/2007/02/17/what-then-is-an-educated-man/#comment-13989 Art Mon, 10 Aug 2009 04:27:39 +0000 http://mzaragosa.wordpress.com/2007/02/17/what-then-is-an-educated-man/#comment-13989 What, then, is the educated man? Is he the man who has read a lot? Partly yes, because his reading is serious and discriminate and uplifting. Is he the man who remembers many facts and events? Partly yes, because the training of memory is a wholesome discipline that requires effort and application and because one cannot make a sound judgement without respect for remembered facts. Is the educated man, then, one who because of his skill is able to provide for himself and his family? Partly yes, since education should teach us how to make a living. But there is one thing we should always remember and it is this — that far more important than the making of a living, is a living of life — a good life, a meaningful life, an abundant life. The educated man lives this kind of a life, because he has opened the windows of his mind to great thoughts and ennobling ideas; because he is not imprisoned by the printed page, but chooses to make a relentless, rigorous analysis and evaluation of everything he reads; because he is less interested in the accumulation of degrees than in the stimulation of his mind and the cultivation of a generous spirit; because his interest is less in knowing who is right but more importantly, in discerning what is right and defending it with all the resources at his command; because he can express himself clearly and logically, with precision and grace; because he is not awed by authority, but is humble enough to recognize that his best judgment is imperfect and may well be tainted by error or pride; because he has a deep reverence for the inherent worth and dignity of every human being, as a creature of God; because he has a healthy sense of values, a breadth of outlook and the depth of compassion which a purposeful education generates; because whenever he talks about good government he is prepared and willing to sacrifice himself for it; and because he lives a life of relevance to the world in which we live, a sharing in the problems of his time and doing whatever he can with intelligence and fairness and understanding. What, then, is the educated man? Is he the man who has read a lot? Partly yes, because his reading is serious and discriminate and uplifting. Is he the man who remembers many facts and events? Partly yes, because the training of memory is a wholesome discipline that requires effort and application and because one cannot make a sound judgement without respect for remembered facts. Is the educated man, then, one who because of his skill is able to provide for himself and his family? Partly yes, since education should teach us how to make a living. But there is one thing we should always remember and it is this — that far more important than the making of a living, is a living of life — a good life, a meaningful life, an abundant life.

The educated man lives this kind of a life, because he has opened the windows of his mind to great thoughts and ennobling ideas; because he is not imprisoned by the printed page, but chooses to make a relentless, rigorous analysis and evaluation of everything he reads; because he is less interested in the accumulation of degrees than in the stimulation of his mind and the cultivation of a generous spirit; because his interest is less in knowing who is right but more importantly, in discerning what is right and defending it with all the resources at his command; because he can express himself clearly and logically, with precision and grace; because he is not awed by authority, but is humble enough to recognize that his best judgment is imperfect and may well be tainted by error or pride; because he has a deep reverence for the inherent worth and dignity of every human being, as a creature of God; because he has a healthy sense of values, a breadth of outlook and the depth of compassion which a purposeful education generates; because whenever he talks about good government he is prepared and willing to sacrifice himself for it; and because he lives a life of relevance to the world in which we live, a sharing in the problems of his time and doing whatever he can with intelligence and fairness and understanding.

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