IDEALISM
IDEALISM
IDEALISM
GROUP 4
BILA, JOHANI B.
BIÑAS, RICHELLE S.
BUENAVENTE, NOMER F.
COLLADO, RAMUEL G.
Idealism
is the oldest systematic PHILOSOPHY in Western culture, which is a believe that ideas are the only
true reality.
this philosophy begins with PLATO (428-347 B.C.E).
a philosophical belief claiming that material things are IMAGINARY, that material things do not exist
independently but only as constructions in the mind.
Below are some of the basic tenets of Saint Augustine as applied to philosophy of education and
moral philosophy:
Every educator must learn to wrestle with the problem of good and evil, which means how to reconcile
the existence of evil in the world with the omnipotence and benevolence of God.
Every learner must be inspired by the educator to accept that the omnipotent God does will even in the
permission of evil.
All people are themselves responsible for their own misfortunes; they are free to choose, and they
choose evil.
Education for moral responsibility is the key concept of Augustinian philosophy.
Every education must realize that supreme good and evil refer to eternity, not to the brief moment of
this life.
When educator and learners appreciate the feebleness of unaided human reason, they see that faith,
hope, and love are the fundamental virtues to be developed in schools.
Everyone earnestly desires peace, but the misdirected methods of the City of Man fail to achieve it.