The question that has risen in our class is How would the ideas of the philosophers such as Socrates, Plato, or Confucius be applied in today's school system? Throughout my process of researching their ideas versus what I actually have witnessed in my career, I came across a sense of disappointment. In fact I believe that if any of the great philosophers were here today in our society, they would be terribly overwhelmed in attempting to understand what has gone wrong in today's educational process. I am referring to both school and at home. The education process in both of these facilities hav...

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... on the idea that knowledge fell within the disciplinary boundaries of grammar, dialectic, and rhetoric. These subjects were created to enhance a student's verbal skills and to acquire a thorough study of language and the poetic arts. However, in ancient Greece the curriculum also included arithmetic, astronomy, geometry and music. These seven subjects would later come to be known as the liberal arts. During this period of history, the aims of ... liberal arts. When a person showed that they knew the seven liberal arts well enough, they became a " Master of Arts". Students could then choos...

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... was born in New York City on July 25, 1871, the only child of Francis Washburn and Elizabeth Floy Davis. She was raised in a middle class home where the women were of exceptional academic accomplishments. She was educated in both private and public schools with interests focusing on philosophy and the sciences. At the age of 20 she graduated from Vassar College ... developments within psychology. In addition to accolades from her students and fellow professors, she was the second woman in history to be elected to the National Academy of Sciences(Gale Encyclopedia). She became president o...

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