Education

Josip Juraj Strossmayer

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Josip Juraj Strossmayer was born on February 4, 1815, in Osijek, where his great-grandfather from Upper Austria settled due to military service. His father was a horse trader, although he couldn’t read or write, and his mother was a gentle and devout woman. The bishop himself wrote: “Thank God that my mother was able to … Read more

The Educational Value of Folktales

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Today, it is a well-known fact that reading or telling stories to children from a young age has many developmental benefits. Let’s just mention a few: stories can help improve language and communication skills, develop a child’s brain through the ability to focus attention, help connect and express emotions, learn about the world and nature, … Read more

Education in Ancient Greece

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Our current culture has grown out of the attitudes, ideas and institutions of ancient Greece. Academy, lyceum, gymnasium, school, educator, grammarian, and many other foundational concepts of today’s educational system were inherited from them, therefore it is understandable why the understanding of the concept of education should be sought in ancient Greece. The idea of … Read more

Where does the soul reside?

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The idea of the soul has shaped the West and its greatest minds for millennia. Today, in scientific discourse, the concept of the soul is avoided and replaced with the term “self”. However, self-optimization leads us in a different direction from the development of the soul. A self-centered individual leads to a different society than … Read more

Character Formation through Martial Arts

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Spreading martial arts is something that we are well familiar with. Today, gymnastic halls, schools, and academies teaching oriental disciplines can be found in almost every city in the world. If we look at the history of these schools, we will notice that they are much more than just a sport or a personal protection … Read more

Carl Gustav Jung – On Becoming a Personality

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The Swiss psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung is considered the founder of analytical psychology, whose interest did not stop at theoretical psychology and clinical practice, but extended to alchemy, mysticism, Eastern and Western philosophy, astrology, and many other areas that could provide answers to questions about the meaning of human existence. Because of this, the life … Read more

Plato’s Cave Metaphor

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Among the most precious messages left to us by ancient Greece are certainly the works of Plato. This great philosopher, the subject of eternal debate among different schools of thought, remains relevant in every era because he speaks about what transcends the limitations of specific historical moments: the content of human life, what happens to … Read more

Plato and the Academy

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Plato was born in 427 BC on the seventh day of the month Targelion, which would correspond to the second half of our May. He was born on the same day as the celebration of Apollo’s birth on the island of Delos, which is why he was later called Apollo’s son and messenger. He was … Read more

Nikola Kuzanski – On Learned Ignorance

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Numerous philosophical, humanistic, and scientific concepts that constitute the modern worldview are based on philosophical and humanistic ideas from the Renaissance and the late Middle Ages. Included among them are the philosophical ideas of the relatively unknown medieval philosopher, theologian, and humanist Nicholas of Cusa, whom contemporary scholars identify as a philosopher bridging the gap … Read more