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Educating Mind Educating Heart
"Educating the Heart and Mind"
The legacy of the philosophy of Aristotle is a significant one that traverses many traditions and messages both ancient and modern (Buckingham & Finger 1997) (Sarah 2001). One of the most significant and enduring of his messages is that associated with the quote, "educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all." This message is particularly resonate within the helping professions of health care and particularly important for the education of physicians. The reasons for this are many but most significantly learning the materials that make it possible to become a physician is a formidable task as the massive amount of knowledge required dominates one's education. There is so very much knowledge that must be obtained and much of it is extremely scientific and cerebral leaning such education toward people with an aptitude to think scientifically and apply their learning in this manner.
The danger then arises when the cerebral is divorced from the humanity that is also inherent of the physician's duties. For a physician...
Teaching the heart and the mind together inherently builds on the concepts of holism and human frailty. Holism is a concept that cannot be ignored, especially in the modern world as now more than ever individuals must recognize the holism of health and wellness for individuals and community (Sarah 2001)
To be a supreme intellect is only partly achieved when one teaches only to the mind. Those who receive an education in becoming a doctor that does not consider the feelings and emotions of others or how those feelings and emotions interplay with holistic living is essentially missing an anchor for which to help others. Ultimately a doctor's most enduring task is to find a balance between what he or she knows about the body in his or her mind and what he or she knows about the heart of individuals and humanity in general. In other words if the heart is left out of the equation when educating a…
References
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Illing, RB 2004, 'Humbled BY HISTORY', Scientific American Special Edition, 14, 1, pp. 86-93, Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost, viewed 27 October 2011.
Sarah, B 2001, 'G E.M. Anscombe, 81, British Philosopher', New York Times, 13 January, Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost, viewed 27 October 2011.
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