EDUCATION, REASON, FEELINGS, AND PASSION

 

Okay, according to my friends, what is education? What is the function of education according to you? To make money, will education later get a certificate that will be used to get a job? The higher our education level, the higher our chances of getting an income at a job later when we work. Is that the purpose of our education?

However, like it or not, it is a reality and we will definitely feel it and do it. Okay, maybe next time we will deepen the problem. Because this time, we will discuss a quite different problem, but it has little to do with what I explained earlier.

Okay, this time, it was delivered by a philosopher, namely Aristotle, talking about education. That according to him, education is not just a matter of reason. Rather it gives a higher feeling to a mind, which is useful in regulating lust.

What do you think is contained in Aristotle's thoughts about education? Okay, I will try to review it little by little, and this is my personal opinion in reviewing this.

That perhaps what Aristotle meant about education is that education is actually or should not only be in increasing the intelligence quotient, in the form of a number level which is a benchmark for a student's intelligence. Or we are also familiar with the intelligence of the brain. However, by looking at what was expressed by Aristotle, it is not only a matter of intellectual intelligence which is the main topic in education, but education is also a matter of moral quotient and religious quotient. Why is that?

Education, the meaning of education is not only reason but also by adding feelings to a mind, these feelings are moral quotient and religious quotient. By combining reason and feeling will regulate or control a human action in his life. Because the output in the form of human action is not only from the mind but also from the lust of a human being.

Okay, from here, friends, try to understand what I have explained. If you do not understand, for example, we try to study an example. What is the relationship between education, reason, feelings, and lust?

For example, the high level of corruption in a country, because actually corrupt people come from people who are educated, meaning that they have taken education at universities with bachelor's, master's, and even doctoral degrees. Then what makes them act to commit corruption?

Then when we apply Aristotle's thinking to this phenomenon, we will see that it means that education that they focus on is only intellectual intelligence, not followed by moral quotient and religious quotient which in the end produces defective output, they will put their hearts and feelings aside to promote their passions.