O teorie filosofică a învăţării fără profesor în secolul al XVII-lea. Nicolas Malebranche
A Philosophical Theory of Learning without Teacher in the 17th Century. Nicolas Malebranche

Summary/Abstract: Nicolas Malebranche's philosophical system contains a surprising theory of learning. This theory assumes that those who are called teachers must be seen rather aş some monitors, like people whose role is to guide the subject în order to acquire new knowledge without any human help or support. Malebranche believes that monitors should be consulted as rarely as possible because as humans, they are subjects to their own errors. In order to establish his theory of learning without a teacher Malebranche will call and on some traditional data of Augustinian theology. He will intend to prove that only God can be called the Teacher that provides the real knowledge, through the light that He spreads into the souls of those who love Him. Malebranche's theory of divine illumination and his method of learning (based on the attention to God) show a philosophical preoccupation for an educaţional alternative în the seventeen century.

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