The Importance of Humanistic Education

Early humanistic education began with the cultivation of rater whatever intellectual feats a man might bring off, they were of scant value if he had not first achieved a goodness and tranquillity of soul. C s lewis best summarized this model for the modern mind as the king governs by his executive: reason and man must rule mere appetites by means of the spirited element. People must first achieve the good individually before going on to serve the larger social good. The healthy society begins with healthy souls and the healthiest souls are not formed without intellectual and spiritual labor.