Did something today that I don't think I've ever done before: read twenty pages of A History of Philosophy. It's these Russians, man. They really make my heart go pitter pat. Check this out, for instance:
"...[T]he greater the awareness, the greater is the independence, whereas the weaker the awareness, the more does the influence of environment prevail."
Re: Alexander Herzin
A History of Philosophy Volume X: Russian Philosophy
That's pretty much the most apt summary of the purpose of education that I can imagine. Wish I'd had it on tap back in the day. "Mr. Kalb, why do we have to learn this?"
"To increase your awareness and allow you a chance to prevail over the insidious influence of the environment."
Funny, though: it's really just The Cave Allegory, ennit? Sooner or later, it all comes down to Plato. And sooner or later, all Plato comes down to The Cave Allegory.
My philosophy reading cat agrees.
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