1.1. Introduction
“Man by nature is a political animal” . Every man is responsible in everything that surrounds him. As man’s civilization started to flourish, the rise of different ideas and perspectives began. Through the years, human civilization started to progress. Thus, civilization did not only develop the culture of ancient humans but also their intellectual capability. Through the progress of intellectual capability, man’s way of living changes. Man as an intellectual being, started to build a better community in order for him to have comfort. Thus, man started to create a group that will embody a community which is called “Society”. Basically, society is a stable union of plurality of persons for the purpose of …show more content…
In the Roman period, many philosopher and educators such as Cicero, Lucretius, and Quintilian, and other early Christian philosophers became the forerunners of education. During the medieval ages, the scholastic education came to power. Famous philosophers such as Albert the Great, Thomas Aquinas, John Dun Scotus and William Ockham. In later years, a lot more educators developed until in our present times.
In our contemporary days, many people are already schooled and educated. They are schooled and educated in the sense that they were able to receive a proper education. The purpose of education is not only to attain a good job and to build a brighter future but also to fill the gap the man lacks at birth. Education is therefore not just about forming engineers, computer programmers, physicists, doctors and nurses and other trades but it is also about forming the human being. It is not just about professional development; it is also about human …show more content…
It is like a pot maker who turned a shapeless mud in to a magnificent and elegant piece of urn. Today, education is one of the basic needs of man. As far as the society is concern, an individual need a good educational background to have a better job. This paper is significant, first to the student-researcher because this paper will widen and enrich the view of the student-researcher regarding man will eventually improve his understanding of man; secondly, as the student-researcher can observe in his country the people are job-centered. They are only thinking of their status in the society and not giving proper balance between their own self; thirdly, this paper is significant to others for it will widen their understanding about Rousseau’s Philosophy of education and in attaining the state of well-being as well; fourthly, it is also significant in the field of philosophy for it investigates a philosophical field and evaluating for an application to a situation in our society, particularly on man. As a concern citizen, the student-researcher wrote this paper work for him to contribute something for the betterment of himself and of