Paideia

Paideia is a Greek word that means education or instruction. But its the philosophy of paideia thats eye capturing. The Greeks took this idea to educate a man to his quintessence. His most true and purest form to his "real and genuine nature". This empowered their society and thus reflected in thier goverment, structure and marality of the citizens becuase everyone was intellectually sound. They knew who they were, where they came from, and where they were destined to be. It wasnt acceptable to jut teach someone what they should know and move on...that was not tolerated. They were encouraged to "fall in love with the youths they mentored." So it was love and erudition tha distinguished the Greeks from other nations and societies and subsequntly made them the prototype to many leadership structures today.

Seeing that the Greeks were people of beauty and cherished aesthetics...i would say that the implentation of this process to empower thier people was also beutiful in thier eyes........

So what's different between them and America??

Two Things

. . . . Were willfully ignorant as Obama would say. We are repeatedly encountered by wise words, philosophies, and insights..but we quickly turn our shoulder becuase we are afraid to accept that knowledge..and why...I dont know...it still puzzles me. Don't you know ignorance is not a defense. No one can ever know everything...but the wise accumulate as much knowledge as possible.

. . . . .Or We know all the information possible but wont share it with anyone. That's the dumbest thing a smart person can do. By cynically gaining all this knowledge...you are only hurting yourself. Albert Einstien once said "the value of a man is not determined by how much he recieves but by how much he gives." While refraining from sharing your wisdom you will always miss your opportunities to be acknowledged and recieve accolades for your intellectual advancement.

Furthermore to teach once is to learn twice. So knowing alot is great but not thoroughly understanding it useless.

In closing...gain as much knowledge as possible and share as much of it as much as you can. We need to empower our society to help chisel away away the enormous mountains of mishap that have ben bestowed upon us. You can start small by choosing friends strategically. You should have some have one person thats smarter than you and one person dumber than you...as dumb as that sounds lol. You want to learn as much as you can from that smarter being to level out the discrepancy between his level of intellect and yours. Then you want to teach it to the dumber one to bring him up to your level of intellect and to gain a better understanding of your wisom for yourself...remember the importance of Paideia...apply it as much as you can.

......Thanks to Cornel West to bringing this word to my attention.

......Thanks to Brittanica and Dictionary.com for offering the necessary tools for my erudition