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> Robb Most wrote:
> >The goal of education is not mastery of subject matter but mastery of
> >one's person.

John Gunkler replied:

>Robb, what does it mean to you for someone to master one's person? What
>results does it lead to? What benefits does the world derive from someone
>who has been successful at mastering their person? How does one know that
>one has succeeded at mastering one's person?... how do you
>contrast mastering one's person from mastering subject matter?

I suggest reading the Tao Te Ching (I prefer the Stephen Mitchell
translation). It seems to me that it's about these very questions.

Dave
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