에라스무스의『아동교육론』에서 찾아지는 플루타르코스의 흔적 = Erasmus` Treatise On Education for Children and the Vestiges of Plutarch

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Is Erasmus an educational disciple of Plutarch? Driven by this question three points are made for conceptualizing Plutarch`s The Education of Children as the main source of Erasmus` essay On Education for Children. First, Erasmus follows Plutarch closely in asserting that nature is strong but education supplemented by training and experience is much stronger. Second, Plutarch`s ideas on education are present in Erasmus` educational opinion when they hold the highest respect for the master who are responsible for bringing up youth in virtue and learning. Third, in tracing the Plutarch`s influence, the similarity of Erasmus` ideas to Plutarch is found in their common interest in the advancement of humanistic curriculum and method. By admitting Erasmus` indebtedness to other ancient and contemporary educational authors(notably Quintilian), however, I can see the possible limitation of the influence of Plutarch on the educational thought of Erasmus. It is in this respect that further research regarding the multiple sources of Erasmus` treatise On Education of Children is in great need. A study on the educational connections of Erasmus and Plutarch sheds light on contemporary education. At least, three things deserve our highlighting. First, it helps us critique the prevailing market measure of education while conceiving education as a human service whose goal is to cultivate the moral and intellectual nature of humankind. Second, it teaches us that the good schoolmaster is characterized by a high degree of character, learning, and experience, the argument in favor of which is relevant today in teacher education. Third, it reminds us of the benefit of learning humanities such as history, literature, and philosophy that claim to educate humans as human beings understanding the deep inner side of human nature and its outer sensitivity toward life.