「理性」による教育

ヤスパースの「理性 (Vernunft) 」と「愛 (Liebe) 」をめぐって

抄録

First, the present essay indicates that the previous studies on Jaspers's philosophy of education have exclusively emphasized the essence or aims of education. In contrast, the essay asks a new question : What do we need to construct a more practical theory? Then, second, on the assumption that what is necessary is “reason”, the essay shows how “reason”, an essential concept in Jaspers's philosophy of education, works in the process of “selfbecoming” (Selbtwerden). Moreover, comparing the explanations by Takezo Kaneko and by Takeo Saito, the present author will locate “love” as a source of “reason”. Third, the author will explain “reason” as a “medium” through the interpretation of the relationship of “reason” and “understanding” : “reason” can mediate “love” in the field of “understanding.” Finally, he will argue that education by “reason” works on two levels : “love” in spirit and understanding as well as “understanding” in praxis, and that function of “reason” is their connection.