Obrazovanje odraslih i Epikurova filozofsko-hedonistička škola

Abstract

Misao o obrazovanju odraslih, kao važan dio filozofskih razmatranja, pronalazimo kod skoro svih značajnih mislilaca antičke Grčke. Tako i Epikurova filozofska škola, odnosno „Vrt“, nudi sveobuhvatan i permanentan obrazovni proces, čiji se krajnji cilj ogleda u jednoj vrsti racionalno promišljenog i individualnog uživanja. U tekstu se iznosi istorijska analiza pojma hedonizma kroz prizmu shvatanja Aristipa i Platona, koja svoj konačan oblik dobija kod Epikura. Epikurejski obrazovni proces teži dostizanju uživanja koje se identifikuje sa mentalnom neuznemirenošću i odsustvom fizičkih bolova. Da bi se dostigao taj nivo, neophodno je sprovesti sistematičan i cjeloživotni obrazovni proces koji je ujedno relaksirajući i interesantan, kakvim ga je Epikur i smatrao.

Ideas on adult education, as an important part of philosophical deliberation, can be found in the work of almost all significant ancient Greek thinkers. In the same way, Epicurus’ philosophical school, i.e. his ‘Garden’, proffers an idea of a comprehensive and permanent educational process, whose end goal is found in a kind of rationally considered and individual pleasure. The paper provides a historical analysis of the concept of hedonism through a prism of Aristippus’ and Plato’s understanding, and as finally shaped by Epicurus. Epicurean educational process has an aim of achieving pleasure identified with mental tranquillity and the absence of physical pain. In order to achieve this, it is necessary to engage in a systematic and life-long educational process, which is, as Epicurus held, at once relaxing and interesting.