A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON VIEW POINTS OF IMAM ALI AND CONFUCIUS ON EDUCATION

Year 2019, Volume: 4 Issue: 3, 409 - 418, 01.08.2019

Hojjatollah Javanı , Marzyeh Heydarı Noorisadat Shahangıan

https://doi.org/10.26809/joa.4.032

Abstract

Generally speaking the matter of education has been
proposed during long history of human beings. As a matter of fact, Confucius as
a great Chinese thinker and Imam Ali as a great Muslim Imam have paid to
philosophy, values and ends of education. It would be interesting to discuss
similarities and differences of these both distinguish thinkers in regard to
Education. One might be wondered as he come to know that both of them emphasis
on necessity and need of education for people. Although the end of education
might differ among between them. Development and evolution of man’s capacities
and faculties, realizing justice, paying attention to morals and everlasting
values, training men through proper methods and leading men towards good deeds
are among their similarities.

Keywords

Confucius, Imam Ali, Education, Perfect Man, Values.

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