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HELLENIC NAVYLANGUAGE SCHOOL
PALASKAS TRAINING CENTERSKARAMAGAS
PRESENTATION ON“The Philosophical Implications of
Education vs Training”
By ELIAS PAPADOPOULOS
Instructor of English as a Foreign LanguageExaminer of Officers and non-Commissioned Officers
at the Military Testing CenterNational Representative of The Hellenic Navy at BILC Conferences
BILC ConferenceAthens. 23-27 June 2008
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PHILOSOPHY AND THE GREEK PHILOSOPHERS IN BRIEF
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IN THE WESTERN WORLD, PHILOSOPHY HAS ITS
EARLIEST TRACEABLE SOURCE AMONG THE GREEKS
IN ASIA MINOR IN THE 6TH CENTURY B. C.
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SOCRATES TURNED PHILOSOPHY AWAY FROM
HIGH COSMOLOGICAL SPECULATIONS AND
CONCETRATED ATTENTION ON MAN AND HIS MORAL
PROBLEMS
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-WHAT DO WE KNOW AND HOW DO WE COME TO KNOW IT?
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-SECONDLY, WHAT IS THE HIGHEST EXCELLENCE OR
VIRTUE OF MANKIND?
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-THIRD, HE INTRODUCED INTO PHILOSOPHY THE METHOD OF ARGUMENT, OF QUESTION AND ANSWER, AS OPPOSED TO THE
METHOD OF DOGMATIC AND ORACULAR STATEMENT
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A. THERE IS A FUNDAMENTAL DISTINCTION BETWEEN
APPEARANCE AND REALITY: THE WORLD OF PARTICULAR THINGS PERCEIVED BY THE
SENSES CONSTITUTES APPEARANCE ONLY, NOT
REALITY
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B. ABOUT PARTICULAR THINGS, WE CAN HAVE
OPINION ONLY, AND NOT CERTAIN KNOWLEDGE, FOR
THE OBJECTS OF KNOWLEDGE MUST BE UNCHANGING
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C. MATHEMATICS PROVIDES THE MODEL OF TRUE
KNOWLEDGE, SINCE IT IS CONCERNED WITH THE
UNCHANGING PROPERTIES OF SUPER-SENSIBLE ENTITIES AS
APPREHENDED BY PURE INTELLECT
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ARISTOTLE WAS A MARVELLOUS NATURALIST
AND, AT THE SAME TIME, THE FOUNDER OF FORMAL LOGIC
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WITHOUT THESE PHILOSOPHERS AND THE
CLASSICAL AGE OF GREECE, IN GENERAL, THE POLITICAL,
MORAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE WESTERN
WORLD WOULD BE MUCH THE POORER
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THE INFLUENCE OF ANCIENT GREEK PHILOSOPHERS ON
MILITARY TRAINING
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PEOPLE CONCERNED WITH EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN
THE MILITARY MUST SEE THEIR MISSION IN THE CONTEXT OF A
PARENT SOCIETY
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THE MILITARY PROFESSION IS MORE AKIN TO THE CLASSICAL
GREEK NOTION OF POLITY THAN TO THE COMMUNITIES OF
THE SOCIAL CONTRACT THEORISTS
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ARISTOTLE AND THE CLASSICAL GREEKS,
GENERALLY, CONSIDERED THE FAMILY, THE COMMUNITY AND
THE STATE AS VEHICLES FOR MORALITY AND THE GOOD LIFE
FOR MAN
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PEACE AND NOT WAR WOULD BETTER DESCRIBE THE
“NATURAL” STATE OF MAN. BALANCE, MODERATION, DEVELOPMENT OF THE
INTELLECT- THESE ARE THE ETHICAL CLAIMS APPROPRIATE TO
MAN AND REQUIRED TO BE FOSTERED BY THE MILITARY ACADEMIES AND THE STATE
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THERE SEEMS TO BE A SPECIAL SENSE IN WHICH
SOCIETY AS A WHOLE LOOKS TO THE MILITASRY
PROFESSION AS A FINAL RESERVOIR OF ITS MOST
PRECIOUS HUMAN VALUES
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OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE SPECIFIC: MILITARY KNOWLEDGE
AND COMPETENCE; BUT THEY ARE NOT ENOUGH; WE INSIST THAT
THEY BE COMBINED WITH COURAGE, LOYALTY, OBEDIENCE, SUBORDINATION OF THE SELF TO THE GREATER WHOLE, AND MOST
IMPPORTANT, WITH MORAL INTEGRITY
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CLEARLY, MILITARY TRAINING SHOULD TAKE CARE TO
ILLUMINATE VALUES, NOT BURY THEM AMONG THE
TRIVIA
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ARE OUR STUDENTS GETTING THE MESSAGE THAT WITHOUT
PERSONAL INTEGRITY INTELLECTUAL SKILLS ARE
WORTHLESS?
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IF THE NATION’S POSTURE IN THE INTELLECTUAL CONTEXT IS RESPONSIBLE,
IF ITS CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE ARE AIMED AT PROVIDING
HUMANITARIAN RELIEF, REGIONAL STABILITY OPERATIONS, WORK WITH
COALITION PARTNERS AND A DIGNIFIED STYLE FOR EACH OF ITS CITIZENS
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IN PLATO’S APOLOGY, SOCRATES REMINDS US THAT
“THE JUST MAN CONCERNS HIMSELF FAR MORE WITH
WHETHER HE DOES RIGHT OR WRONG THAN WITH WHETHER
HE LIVES OR DIES”
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THE MILITARY PROFESSION IN AN IDEAL STATE IS CLEARLY
AMONG THE MOST NOBLE; ITS FUNCTION INVOLVES
PRESERVATION OF OUR HIGHEST HUMAN VALUES,
COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO AS OUR WAY OF LIFE
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THE CLASSICAL GREEK CONCEPTION OF THE JUST
AND HONORABLE ENCOMPASSED ALL OF ONE’S
HUMAN ACTS
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“SEEK THE GOLDEN MEANS OF MODERATION BETWEEN THE
EXTREMES OF TOO MUCH AND TOO LITTLE”
“ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH RIGHT REASON”
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IF ONE PRACTISES TELLING THE TRUTH ALL THE TIME-THEN THESE ACTIONS MAY
WELL BECOME PART OF THE HABITUAL HUMAN RESPONCE
TO ONE’S ENVIRONMENTAL CIRCUMSTANCES
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THE INTERWEAVING OF MORAL VALUE WITH MILITARY
FUNCTION
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MORAL CHARACTER DEVELOPS OUT OF REPEATING GOOD ACTIONS, WHICH CANNOT
BE ORDERED, BUT CAN BE EXEMPLIFIED AND IMITATED, OUR ADVICE TO THOSE WHO ASPIRE TO BECOME WORTHY OFFICERS AND
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS CAN BE NONE OTHER THAN THAT OF THE ANCIENT CHINESE SAGE: “THE WAY TO DO IS TO BE”
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TEACHER’S LEADING ROLE IN MOULDING NOBLE
MILITARY CHARACTERS
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WE SHOULD THINK OURSELVES NOT SO MUCH AS
TEACHERS WHO MUST CONSTANTLY “DELIVER”
INFORMATION TO OUR STUDENTS, BUT AS
FACILITATORS OF LEARNING
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TEACHERS OUGHT TO BE INTRINSICALLY MOTIVATED
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IF I AM TO BE A WHOLE PERSON, I MUST KNOW
WHAT IS PRIMARY FOR ME AND WHAT IS SECONDARY
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IF I KNOW THAT THE QUALITY AND THE
INTEGRITY OF MY WORK COME FIRST, THEN I AM
TRUE TO MY PROFESSION AS A TEACHER
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A TRAINING THAT WILL BE BASED ON AN INTRINSICAL MOTIVATION AND ON
A HIGHLIGHTING OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY WILL FOSTER A
COOPERATIVE SPIRIT THAT WILL HELP THE MILITARY TO AVOID TRAGIC FAILURES OF CHARACTER AND
UNDERSTAND THE VALUES OF THE MILITARY ETHIC
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ALIENATION FROM POLITICAL ACTIVITY, COMMITMENT TO MILITARY SECURITY OF THE STATE, AND THE MILITARY’S
ESSENTIAL AND INSTRUMENTAL FUNCTION IN
THE STATE.
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A GOOD CLASSICAL EDUCATION AND AN
UNDERSTANDING OF HISTORY CAN BEST DETERMINE THE
RULES THE MILITARY SHOULD LIVE BY
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MAN’S NATURAL HABITAT IS THE SOCIETY OF OTHER MEN
AND THAT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SEEMS
INTENDED BY NATURE TO TAKE PLACE IN THE SOCIAL
CONTEXT
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SIR JOHN WINTHROP HACKET WROTE: “WHAT A SOCIETY GETS IN ITS ARMED SERVICES IS EXACTLY WHAT IT ASKS FOR NO MORE AND NO LESS. WHAT IT
ASKS FOR TENDS TO BE A REFLECTION OF WHAT IT IS. WHEN A COUNTRY LOOKS AT ITS FIGHTING
FORCES, IT IS LOOKING IN A MIRROR. IF THE MIRROR IS A TRUE ONE, THE FACE THAT IT SEES THERE, WILL BE
ITS OWN”