Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Humanities (ICCESSH 2018)

Philosophy of Education by T. Jefferson

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Elena Kuzina
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Elena Kuzina
Available Online July 2018.
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10.2991/iccessh-18.2018.20How to use a DOI?
Keywords
philosophy of education; Jefferson; American philosophy; political philosophy; social philosophy; ethics
Abstract

The article deals with the analysis of the philosophy of education by Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), who is called "the great American," the apostle of independence and freedom. In his homeland he is considered as one of the founders of American culture and an outstanding figure of the Enlightenment. The author analyses his contribution to the educational system in the United States, which is a practical realization of the theoretical positions of the philosophy of this outstanding thinker. T. Jefferson's philosophy of education is based on his understanding of political philosophy, democracy and man. It is education that is for Jefferson the key tool for building and developing a "virtuous republic", and the principles of education laid by this thinker and politician are the basis for the social reproduction of the American citizen.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Humanities (ICCESSH 2018)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
July 2018
ISBN
978-94-6252-528-3
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/iccessh-18.2018.20How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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