Life Makes Understanding Possible

A New School of Thought

Abstract

The topic developed in the article focuses upon the relationship between learning and life and, more exactly, upon the need for learning to become life. When concepts are all that is taught, concepts are generally all that is learnt. Education, indeed, is often seen as receiving “useful information”. Nonetheless, even if the information received may open new horizons, this is not yet true education. Teaching, learning and education cannot consist in developing merely the rational capacity, but ought to involve the whole human being. In this perspective, the author offers some reflections revolving around the following combinations: truth-goodness; intelligence-will; work-study; community-knowledge.