Παιδεια and humanitas in Cicero’s Instruction
Παιδεια and humanitas in Cicero’s Instruction
Author(s): Victoria PichuginaSubject(s): Social Sciences, Education
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: paideia; humanitas; Cicero; evolution of humanistic ideals
Summary/Abstract: This text expands on the essence of Cicero’s humanistic pedagogy. The article consists of fourparts: the introduction focuses on pedagogical connotation of the humanitas concept andconnection of this term to the Greek φιλανθρωπία and παιδεία found in Cicero, the followingtwo parts are devoted to Cicero’s own analysis of the features of humanitas as regards theprocess and result of education and the concluding part emphasises the point that Cicerohimself used the word humanitas to describe an education-based life practice of an individual.The research was carried out with financial support of The Russian Foundation for BasicResearch’ grant (project 16-06-00004").
Journal: Kwartalnik Pedagogiczny
- Issue Year: 247/2018
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 198-205
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
