I hope you can see my point. http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/nicomachaen.1.i.html, The meaning becomes quite different. I also have a website www.joeschmidtsocialstudies.com. Maybe its not about being educated. (22), Aristotle took a different view and identified "practical wisdom" as the means by which people could identify the middle path between extremes of vice as the proper route through life. When we do that to other people inadvertently, they know what it feels like as well. Thats what it is. I will click all day long, but we do have to make decisions. Are you entertaining our thoughts, or are you just waiting to push back, even though youre not accepting? Saw this quote and questioned the accuracy of it. I think what Aristotle is saying is that I can entertain that idea, but that doesnt mean Im going to go with it. Thank you! In the same manner, likewise, it is requisite to admit every thing that is said. As we are different people, we will see things slightly differently. (28)Alexander the Great died in June 323 BC. Fear is the cheapest room in the house. Immense thanks! Aristote had brought plato wording. While I can see your point (and consider it valid), I could only write one thing on this quote, and chose a slightly different view for it. Please reach out to me. Be somewhere else later. It has to be honest, because people can sniff that out pretty quickly. People are out there talking about it. [], Get every new post delivered to your Inbox. Want to Youre not accepting their thoughts in the sense that you believe theyre true, but youre entertaining them. The justice of a master or a father is a different thing from that of a citizen, for a son or slave. I think what might be a negative in this quote is how we interpret educated. (16) Education is the best provision for old age. If Im a student whos hung up on entertain, I might ask, does entertaining a thought truly mean consideration? WebAnswer (1 of 7): Q: Aristotle once wrote that "it is the mark of an educated man to look for precision in each class of things just so as the nature of the subject admits". When we go to a sage, or someone with a lot of wisdom, and tell them our problem, at some point you want them to tell you what to do, not just ask questions and consider more options. Aristotle The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. That would be a hard thing to read into this quote. Ill sit and think. But please do not tell people, for that might make it harder for supporters of Aristotle to approve them. Often, we accept things based on trust and faith. I dont know if there is a common definition of educated. In bouncing about the Internet, Aristotles own quote has been transmogrified into something quite different that evidently resonates with many people. The education piece is that openness. 4 It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. To have an educated mind is not to blindly accept every thought or idea that comes our way. Even the C3 framework has dimension four, taking informed action of an inquiry arc. Here we go.
You could also call it the mark of an empathetic person to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. An important key to self-confidence is preparation. Over the next few years with the help of his students produced a large number of manuscripts, "which, taken together and published in the modern style, would amount to perhaps fifty substantial volumes of print". The idea is that you have conviction in your beliefs, and thats what makes you smart or educated. Im wondering if a They would say, I dont know, you put me here. (19) Those that know, do. I think the educated mind is able to walk that balance between hearing those opinions. Not only when I was running for NCSS board of directors, but retweeting all my information to get it out there. (4) It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. Well end with an essential question and be on our way. Sometimes you end with a lot of frayed thinking on different things, but the fact that the kids have grappled with it is a good sign that theyre thinking. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! My research on the validity of quotes consists mostly of crowd-sourcing via multiple quotes sites. Again, you have to actively listen in good faith, where youre really considering what theyre saying. Throughout his career, Joe has served in a variety of leadership positions with numerous social studies related organizations across the United States including iCivics, Learning for Justice, NCGE, and ThinkerAnalytix and currently serves on the NCSS Board of Directors. Thanks for stopping by, and for leaving such a kind comment. This is such an important concept for kids to understand when they get showered with information. To do that, I start with some research. View all 70 Aristotle quotations. I would always have students who sat in the middle. Good catch. There are works on logic, language, the arts, ethics, politics, law, constitutional history, intellectual history, psychology, sociology, physiology, zoology, physics, biology, botany, chemistry, astronomy, mechanics, mathematics, philosophy, metaphysics and the theory of knowledge. Maybe thats the counterclaim. (10) Aristotle encouraged his students to strive for refinement of character and the development of moral virtues, and to be equipped to make "a noble use of leisure". He therefore taught the king's son, Alexander the Great, who at the time was only 13 years-old. (13), It has been pointed out that he had a different style of writing from his predecessors. Such is life. Aristotle feared that this would put him in danger and in 322 BC he retired to the island of Euboea. It is not mentioned in any form in any of Aristotles survived works. As long as the animal is alive, its head is hard and as it were inflated. "Aristotle talks of sheep, goats, deer, pigs, lions, hyenas, elephants, camels, mice, mules. Its the empathetic person, as opposed to the educated mind. I too question any quote (and just about anything else) I find on the Internet. right and ought are incapable of 2014; McNaughton 1996; Phillips 2019; Pickard-Cambridge 1932b; not provide the full account of what makes it wrong. And he is particularly informed and particularly informative about marine animals - fish, crustacea, cephalopods, testacea Every species of animal known to the Greeks is noticed; most species are given detailed descriptions; in some cases Aristotle's accounts are both long and accurate." Whats your take on this quote? Daily Quote and Reflection: Aristotles insight on Empathy Quote: It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. Aristotle Reflection: This quote speaks to a core ingredient of empathyunderstanding without agreement or judgment. Well, I'm a sucker for entertaining thoughts. He has also held roles in district and state-level leadership in support of both rural and urban schools. (8)It is claimed during this period that Aristotle developed very strong views on education. The mark of an uneducated mind is to entertain thoughts without accepting them. We can sit around and entertain thoughts all day long. It's so frustrating to have so much information available on the internet and to also know that so much of it is just plain wrong Real research is becoming a dieing art! I have an idea with this. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. ", //pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js. see Reason and Nature, (1931) at 165? He also writes about the various modes of reproduction found among animals; their diet, habitat, and behaviour. "The magnanimous man, since he deserves most, must be good, in the highest degree; for the better man always deserves more, and the best man most. In his book, "Reason and Nature", Cohen stated that, "opposites such as immediacy and mediation, unity and plurality, the fixed and the flux, substance and function, ideal and real, actual and possible, etc., like the north (positive) and south (negative) poles of a magnet, all involve each other when applied to any significant entity." "Aristotle talks of sheep, goats, deer, pigs, lions, hyenas, elephants, camels, mice, mules. Okay. Did I do justice to the way you were saying it? The errors of his predecessors were the glorious errors of youth attempting the impossible; his errors are those of age which cannot free itself of habitual prejudices. ~Aristotle. You never know. o Justified true belief o Critical thinking o Scientifically Now the parts of men are clear enough to perception; nevertheless, in order that we may not break the proper sequence, and in order that we may rely on reason as well as perception, we must describe their parts - first the organic parts, then the uniform parts. There are so many different essential questions you could come up with for this quote. I chose quotes that are of interest to me, and can be applied to modern life. Then join our Community of Educators at teachdifferent.com for additional resources and to participate in lively conversations among teachers and faculty, free for 30 days. (12)Anthony Gottlieb, the author of The Dream of Reason: A History of Philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance (2000) has pointed out: "If Aristotle had never existed, it would be pointless to try and invent him. I think this is such a great quote, because we spend so much time talking about civil discourse and this idea of lets agree to disagree, or at least that we can disagree, but not be disagreeable. Just because we bring something in doesnt mean that its worthwhile. (10) Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit. I was doing the same thing you did and found your blog. A counterclaim could be that you base your beliefs on trust and faith, but you could still be an educated person. Can you think about an idea, roll it around in your head, and consider it? Im also currently in year one, of a three year term, on the NCSS board of directors. This is why I loved playing with this quote, because what are we trying to get at? (16), For example, here is part of his description of an octopus: "The octopus uses its tentacles both as feet and as hands: it draws in food with the two that are placed over its mouth; and the last of its tentacles, which is very pointed and the only one of them which is whitish and bifurcated at the tip (it uncoils towards the rhachis - the rhachis is the smooth surface on the opposite side from the suckers) - this it uses for copulation. They land briefly, then move on to the next. Hopefully, one day, well have another face to face conference, where we can sit down and have dinner or something. Ive been looking for the source of where Aristotle said this which of his works, and Ive read quite a bit. Thank you for checking this up for us. You need to be a critical thinker and open minded in order to be educated. We have to stand by our own thoughts despite others having an opposition views from you.. Just like someone who is harworking with someone who is lazy. Im struggling with the educated mind part of the quote, because there are people who are absolute experts in their fields, and wed say that they are highly, highly, highly educated, but they might not ever step back from a position in which theyve taken a stance, good, bad or other. Ive known a few, and found it amazing that they wouldnt (or couldnt) give each idea a good examination and only adopt those which are more useful than the previous idea. Im getting the same thing from this. This causes tension in the conversation with ideas competing with one another. This conversation might fold into what is the purpose of an education. The Orphic elements in Plato are watered down in Aristotle, and mixed with a strong dose of common sense; where he is Platonic, one feels that his natural temperament has been overpowered by the teaching to which he has been subjected. We dont critically analyze whats being told to us. An Educated Mind. It has a chapter in it on friendship. I agree with that. If their closest proximity to welfare was a family member who benefited from it, then they tended to be pro-welfare. Heres one, what is the mark of an educated mind? So I think his idea of accepting an idea was no so much how useful is this idea but whether it was true or not. So, I really think Aristotle is being biased towards critical thinking. In unequal relations, it is right, since everybody should be loved in proportion to his worth, that the inferior should love the superior more than the superior loves the inferior: wives, children, subjects, should have more love for husbands, parents, and monarchs than the latter have for them. To be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. They dont really care about what youre saying. What does he mean by entertain?
Alexander was an ambitious and passionate boy, on bad terms with his father, and presumably impatient of schooling. It was "Aristotle's chemistry, physics and cosmology that fell loudest and hardest in the seventeenth century, to the blows of men" such as Galileo Galilei and Robert Boyle. You start to narrow down the list. I think many educators, probably those listening to this podcast, would say that having students entertain thoughts, but never accepting any, is not our goal for students. When you look at this quote, is there another perspective? A friend is a second self. Aristotle argues that monarchy is the best form of government, and aristocracy the next best. I have not the time, the library, nor the memory to independantly verify each quote. When youre actively listening to people, you arent being disingenuous, you are literally trying to figure out what theyre saying. (6) Good habits formed at youth make all the difference. (1) When quarrels and complaints arise, it is when people who are equal have not got equal shares. Monarchs and aristocrats can be "magnanimous", but ordinary citizens cannot. Maybe it has nothing to do with education. You tell me if Ive captured what you both are saying here. The blood, bone, hair, and the rest of which animals are constructed. I feel like this is a quote that is talking about open mindedness and critical thinking. Moe is the founder of Aristotle opens the door to the idea that the educated mind isnt one that necessarily has a degree, but one whos willing to entertain thoughts. Aristotle says that this is a mean between boastfulness and mock-modesty, but this only applies to truthfulness about oneself." His students were assigned historical or scientific research projects as part of their studies. He describes swallows, pigeons, quails, woodpeckers, eagles, crows, blackbirds, cuckoos. (My first time was when the Honor Council students at a former university were pasting a Thomas Jefferson quote about honesty everywhere, even though it turned out that the quote wasn't quite right.). Because of the Japanese natures taboo and uniqueness, it was not hard for them to learn the basics and the way of circus life. Everything was different: you have to be different to be able to entertain. (8), It is claimed during this period that Aristotle developed very strong views on education. I talk a lot about different ways that we approach thinking with educators in professional development. It is believed that he spent much of his childhood at the Macedonian court. And greatness in every virtue would seem to be characteristic of the magnanimous man." . Is that so complicated? Aristotle didnt have to deal with online media literacy, but I think the roots of human existence fall into what do I believe, why do I believe it, and am I willing to hear you out on your beliefs. ", Thank you for your research. (26) The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not to desire more, and to prevent the lower from getting more. Web"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" - Aristotle Lead City University is a secular institution. (14) The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. A force operates to awaken the hidden material to bring up the actual experience. By examining the thought, one can hope to determine if it makes sense. I would say both of those sides entertained both thoughts without accepting them.
(21) All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. We want our students to be able to hear all things, all the approaches, and accept whatever fits their own personal beliefs. Joe, you mentioned social media. WebWhat does Aristotle say is the mark of an educated mind? Just for the record, I am an academic in a philosophy department, I specialize in Aristotle, and I've published translations of some of Aristotle's works. He doesnt say. Please visit teachdifferent.com to join our Community of Educators for additional resources and engaging discussion among fellow teachers and administrators, free for 30 days. The joy of using accepted translations from a century or so ago. I recently came across this quote and questioned its origin. Formulating good questions is an intensely valuable academic exercise. There is good reason to think that this is no more than a quarter of what he wrote; all of his works that were polished for publication have been lost, including several dialogues in the style of Plato. Every step you take, is a step away from where you used to be. As long as the animal is alive, its head is hard and as it were inflated. Going with what you said, Joe, I think Aristotle is talking about when you initially hear an idea, to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. Then, I was that differential. He goes through the kinds of insect. Thanks for the heads-up. Its systematic inception is generally attributed to Socrates, who sought to encourage his contemporaries to pay attention to the question of how they should live. His father was the personal physician to King Amyntas of Macedonia. They would be against it. WebIt is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. I told you it's true. Youll be able to purchase my book, Civil Discourse and Classroom Conversations for Stronger Communities, co-written with Michelle Pinkney, and our author mentor, Julie Stern. The Orphic elements in Plato are watered down in Aristotle, and mixed with a strong dose of common sense; where he is Platonic, one feels that his natural temperament has been overpowered by the teaching to which he has been subjected. The closest thing resembling this misquote is the following quote from a translation of Aristotles Nicomachean Ethics: It is the mark of an educated mind to rest satisfied with the degree of precision which the nature of the subject admits and not to seek exactness where only an approximation is possible.. "Aristotle's science, except for his biology, was condemned as not just barking up the wrong tree but lost in the wrong forest. Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous. It could be one of those sayings deduced from something he said. 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[] as relevant today as in the time of the Ancients (a philosophical exercise for which can be found here). I hope that readers will gradually get used to my principles, and recognize their truth, before they notice that they destroy the principles of Aristotle." "The magnanimous man, since he deserves most, must be good, in the highest degree; for the better man always deserves more, and the best man most. 03 Apr 2023 15:29:57 A flatterer is a friend who is your inferior, or pretends to be so. You cant be too careful as you rightly said, there is so much! Aristotle. -Aristotle 2. WebMotivation Minute #544.0 - It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. So thanks for your site for pointing me in the right path. I hope I explained that well enough. It swims obliquely in the direction of the so-called head, stretching out its feet; and when it swims in this way it can see forwards (since its eyes are on top) and has its mouth at the rear.
Im also available for professional development for districts, and other groups around the country. WebQuotations by Author. They would review a movie factually, giving the high points and low points. In this manner, I hope to find out if the thought is worthy, or just another idea in search of a reason to exist. -Aristotle. I like the word entertain. At first he became a devoted follower of Plato but later began to question his philosophical ideas. Its in the third paragraph of the first part of Nicomanchean Ethics. Everyones been in a conversation where the other person is asking for your opinion, but you can just tell that theyre biding time until they can give their take on it. So indeed it was. There are so many different essential questions you could come up with for this quote. Sad to say, but the two are not always the same. They might push on that piece. However, that has been counterbalanced by social media, which offers new ideas (and often contradictory ideas) at an astonishingly quick rate. I believe that both the comments are about the same passage, but from slightly different translations. All men by nature desire to know. Like the idea of where are we going to go out to eat, or what are we going to have for supper tonight? All human actions have one (10) Aristotle encouraged his students to strive for refinement of character and the development of moral virtues, and to be equipped to make "a noble use of leisure". Nope, Aristotle Did Not Say, It Is the Mark of an Educated At the Right Question Institute, Rothstein and Santana, would say its divergent thinking. Then I can start comparing what I presently believe with what my research as found, and adjust my thoughts as indicated. "In fact, this isn't a great translation, but at least it gets the sense right. The observations he reports are, most of them, amateur; they were made in the open and not in the laboratory. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. At a certain point in the conversation, were going to shift to the counterclaim to push against what Aristotle is saying, and do it in a way that is convincing. Im listening to both of you, and its making sense to me. Some educated people believe that you should act. His researches cover tortoises and lizards, crocodiles and vipers, porpoises and whales. In addition to their scientific work, they amassed the details of 158 political constitutions, made collections of barbarian customs and beliefs, compiled sporting almanacs, histories of philosophy and details of dramatic and musical performances. (4)Aristotle and EducationAristotle left Athens and travelled for a time, and married, Pythias, the adoptive daughter of Hermias of Atarneus, in about 346 BC. Someone who has conviction and pushes forward with their beliefs. Good luck with your research. Its trying to put themselves in another persons shoes. Aristotle developed the theory of the "golden mean". Rulers should be magnanimous. (I'm getting this from a JSTOR footnote http://www.jstor.org/stable/2707894?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents), "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. 
Im trying to put a counterclaim into words with educated. As Dr. Sam Weinberg, one of the co-founders of the Stanford History Education Group, says, we all have opinions, but not all opinions are equally valid. Were not shutting people out, were not living in an echo chamber, but we are potentially seeking out differing points of views so that we can fairly consider them. (2), Plato, a student of Socrates, founded one of the earliest known organized schools in Western Civilization on a plot of land in the Grove of Hecademus in Athens. 
(27)Aristotle considers ethics a branch of politics and should help inform the structure of government. I cannot imagine his pupil regarding him as anything but a prosy old pedant, set over him by his father to keep him out of mischief." Joe, thank you so much for being our guest. I think youre going to know all you need to know about your kids before you get to that last day. Building upon recent work in classics, it argues that the identification of Mark as Peter's interpreter, the description of his composition as lacking order and his reported excellent memory would have led ancient readers of Papias to - Aristotle (Journal): Journals, Thoughful: 9781730741302: Amazon.com: Books Buy new: $7.99 Get Fast, Free Shipping with Amazon Prime FREE delivery Thursday, December 15 if you spend $25 on items shipped by Amazon Or fastest delivery Tuesday, I do a series of trainings and presentations around inquiry. Sometimes the thought will show itself to be badly flawed or even false, but rarely will we be able to tell if it is true. Thats how I was reading it as well. When we hear a new idea, our first instinct is to accept the idea without question, either because we have intuition that it is true or we simply trust the messenger. In a debate, you have to know what the other side is thinking and why theyre thinking it, not because you believe in what theyre saying. You have to accept certain things in order to chart your course in life. Thats why I came up with courage, because its more action oriented. You guys do good work, and Im happy to support you. In Dr. Dianas 2009 book, Controversy in the Classroom, she talks about bringing these topics to the center to fairly consider and critically evaluate them. There is good reason to think that this is no more than a quarter of what he wrote; all of his works that were polished for publication have been lost, including several dialogues in the style of Plato. Aristotle. (9) Democracy is when the indigent (poor), and not the men of property, are the rulers. According to Aristotle friends are desirable, for the happy man needs friends with whom to share his happiness. That doesnt mean we accept the other thought in place of ours, but the new thought may expose a flaw in our thinking which needs to be addressed. We could finish and not even have the students write down anything.
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