Hey Encode! Great to see you again!
Yes, it struck me as an unformed question as well (not to be confused with an uninformed question). I got the general gist of it but I find it hard to answer unless it’s narrowed down to something more specific, or a set of more specific items.
I have no doubt of that. That is, it seems, what this forum is meant for, wouldn’t you say?
An audience to filter these ideas and concepts and thoughts, to make sense out of them? To create a common language with which an entire community could discuss them and manage to make sense to each other? Sure! In fact, that’s what I think is the philosopher’s function in society, to be the guardians of ideas, those who, with a healthy mind as you say, filter the ideas passing around society and “cleans” them–that is, keep them healthy, useful, and robust–such that we minimize the amount and kinds of bad ideas, or unhealthy ideas, that could grow from this network of ideas and information.
But that doesn’t quite explain what “education” is in this context. What did you mean that “I think this education is at least important for the person who seeks it first”?
I have an idea of what the “harmonious education of the predispositions typical of human beings” may mean. ← Look at that! You’re answering my question! The problem to understanding it fully I believe is in the choice of words. I do think the word sequence is quite beautiful - simply said. It could be used as a title of a paper or book that seeks to expand the intended meaning. Maybe as a subtitle. For a main title, you’d need something more catchy, not dry and technical sounding, something like “Finding Harmony in Education” (preferably something that doesn’t share words with the the sub-title). The problem words for me are harmonious, predispositions and after further thought, typical. This all leaves some work for the imagination of each reader to decipher without more information in the Original Post.
I’ll tell you what I think. I think Kathrina is trying to say that we can all have a common education that we all share (harmonious) about our differences (predispositions). ← At this point, I think “typical of human beings” speaks for itself.
^ But really, that’s just a guess.
From my perspective, I read it as follows, possibly a sub-title : The Harmonious Education of the Predispositions typical of Human Beings.
…An example to expand upon the title to present my intended meaning…
The title suggests to a limited audience the possibility of a learning opportunity to those who see the benefit of a community with a consistent set of beliefs based upon things that the same community finds pleasing. About our differences. These things would be the preferences that are common to the aforementioned community…we call ourselves human beings and we believe that we represent the penultimate state of humanity leaving room for our humility and further progress…
You mean, leaving no room… ?
Could be, and from a secular point of view (i.e. sans God), there is nothing higher that humanity. To less self-aware minds, this could go straight to one’s head.
Well, I would like if Kathrina rejoined this conversation. I would like to know the answers to my questions (and now yours). And I’d like to know if our interpretation of her “title” is anywhere close.
EDIT: Oh, and look, now I do know!
Hi Kathrina! I’ll reply to you tomorrow. Gotta get some sleep.