Abstract
This study attempts to deal with the following problems: 1. The ideal image of man who can break through the present chaotic world. 2. Value and meaning that physical education can give in building such an ideal image of man. So far the purpose of physical education has been swayed by the demand of times. It has remained one of the sciences of human beings, but it should establish its own existential territory by constantly persuing its essence. That means physical education is that which belongs to the category which surpasses sciences as a whole with each science and education as its moment. 1t should not be a more scientific study of physical exercises, nor building healthy body for the sake of health. Man is more than a conbination of organs. He is a thinking being. By philosophising about what is the true value for him and what is good for life, he can have wisdom of finding his way of living. Thus the purpose of physical education become to foster an active man who has a "practicing principle" of human reason.
