Original research article
Education Research Quarterly

Παιδεια and humanitas in Cicero’s Instruction

2018, 63, No. 1

Victoria Pichugina

Rosyjska Akademia Nauk Pedagogicznych, Wołgogradzki Państwowy Uniwersytet Nauk Społecznych i Pedagogicznych

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0011.8243

Publication date

02.05.2018

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hybrid

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CC BY 4.0 Int.

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Social sciences

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educational sciences

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English

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Abstract

This text expands on the essence of Cicero’s humanistic pedagogy. The article consists of four parts: the introduction focuses on pedagogical connotation of the humanitas concept and connection of this term to the Greek φιλανθρωπία and παιδεία found in Cicero, the following two parts are devoted to Cicero’s own analysis of the features of humanitas as regards the process and result of education and the concluding part emphasises the point that Cicero himself used the word humanitas to describe an education-based life practice of an individual. The research was carried out with financial support of The Russian Foundation for Basic Research’ grant (project 16-06-00004").

Keywords:

paideia,humanitas,Cicero,evolution of humanistic ideals

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