Cultivación del intelecto

Abstract

The truth is not an immediate gift, that is why intelligence care is necessary, as well as forming a philosophical habit. There is need for a path to access knowledge, in a discursive manner, coming from sensible concrete experiences, based on contributions offered by different sciences to the contemplation of principles, always in a dialectic growth. Pedagogy is a valuable support, but also a dependant one, since it does not decide on the essence of knowledge, on the contrary, leads to it. This philosophical habit is denominated "liberal education" by H. Newman, since it finds within truth's desire, the only energy, its motivation and its justification.

Keywords:

hábito filosófico

cultivo del intelecto

educación liberal

la idea de universidad

saber

philosophical habit

cultivating the intellect

liberal education

the idea of university

knowledge

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