Worldly and Otherworldly Virtue: Likeness to God as Educational Ideal in Plato, Plotinus, and Today

Autor/in	Zovko, Marie-Élise
Titel	Worldly and Otherworldly Virtue: Likeness to God as Educational Ideal in Plato, Plotinus, and Today
Quelle	In: Educational Philosophy and Theory, 50 (2018) 6-7, S.586-596 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1857
DOI	10.1080/00131857.2017.1373340
Schlagwörter	Educational Philosophy; Religious Factors; Moral Values; Educational Theories; Judaism; Christianity; Metacognition; Teaching Methods; Relevance (Education); Ethics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Educational theory; Theory of education; Bildungstheorie; Judaismus; Christentum; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Relevance; Relevanz; Ethik
Abstract	In Plato, 'Becoming like God' constitutes the "telos" of the philosophical life. Our 'likeness to God' is rooted in the relationship of the divine paradeigma to its image established in the generation of the Cosmos. This relationship makes knowledge and virtue possible, and informs Plato's theory of education. Related concepts preexist in Judeo-Christian and other traditions and continue to inform our thought on moral and ethical issues, particularly as regards our understanding of what it means to be human. From the idea of 'likeness to God', emerges the tradition of philosophical mysticism which has its roots in Plotinus, whose aim is union of the individual soul with its ultimate principle ("henosis," "unio mystica"). The task of realizing virtue in daily life appears opposed to assimilation to the divine, because the latter requires a stripping away of finite determinations, and preoccupation with particular things, in order that we may escape from the multiplicity of sensible and even intelligible reality. This article considers the opposition between 'worldly' and 'otherworldly' virtue, as well as previously neglected aspects of 'likeness to God' and 'becoming like God' in Plato and Plotinus, and explores their continued relevance for pedagogical theory and practice today. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01