自由:教育的最高追求

Freedom:The Highest Pursuit of Education

自由是人类追求的最基本的理想。自由是人的本质,是人存在的特征,是生命个体最根本、最终极的追求。教育是实现人的自由的必要手段,而自由教育是以实现人的自由为终极目标的教育,是人类应该矢志不渝地追求的理想教育。同时,自由教育也对我国高等教育创新人才培养具有重要的启示作用。

Freedom is the most basic ideal that human beings pursuit. Freedom, as the essence of human beings, indicates the characteristics of human beings’ existence. Thus, freedom is the most fundamental and ultimate pursuit of individuals. Education is the necessary means to achieve the freedom of human beings and the ultimate goal of liberal education is to achieve human being’s freedom.Therefore liberal education is an ideal of education which should be unswervingly pursued by human beings. At the same time, liberal education also plays an important role in cultivating innovative talents in view of higher education in China.