What Means to be Well Educated

Fu's another favorite philosophers Plato said “To sing well and to dance well is to be well educated.” Fu loves music and dance. He served as the operation manager for swing dance club this year to hold several workshops that present a positive image for the Pennsylvania State University.

Fu has read one of Plato’s books that talk about Athenian education. It says education is the acquisition of good, which we know that someone is well educated if he or she knows how to sing and dance well. We can follow by examining the goodness of poses, melodies, songs, dances. Bad people like depraved postures or melodies, while good people become happy from the opposite postures or melodies.

Athenian suggests that an infant's initial awareness is the awareness of pain and happiness, and a soul first gains virtue or evil in this place. It is very fortunate if someone gains wisdom and a definite true belief. Even in one’s old age, someone who possesses wisdom and true faith can gain both wisdom and intelligence that lead to a successful state of life.

Therefore, the initial form of education is that children experience when they are young. If they always feel joyful, and sculpt in the soul before they grow up at a convention of habits, it will be consistent with reason, and this unity as a whole is a virtue. Education is not just learning knowledge; education is primarily the cultivation of human virtues.

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