著者

笹原 英史

出版者

一般社団法人 日本教育学会

雑誌

教育学研究 (ISSN:03873161)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.61, no.2, pp.158-167, 1994-06-30 (Released:2009-01-13)

参考文献数

63

著者

笹原 英史

出版者

教育哲学会

雑誌

教育哲学研究 (ISSN:03873153)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.1992, no.65, pp.55-68, 1992-05-10 (Released:2010-05-07)

参考文献数

70

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This paper attempts to clarify through a comparison with Huxley the original features of 'evolutionary vision' in Montessori thought.For this purpose Montessori's original outlook on the characteristic features discovered in the order of descent in the evolutionary process of mankind, furthermore the position of man in the evolutionary process originating from there, finally the existential purpose of man deducted from these premises are the object of our deliberations. In other words, the originality consists in a hypothesis of a negative reaction to the natural selection in classical evolution theory, replacing this by an emphasis on an original evolutionary factor, finally of proposing a unified aim and an absolute being in the total process of evolution.Montessori and Huxley, while in agreement on humanistic foundations, differ decidedly on these accounts. Furthermore, the emphasis on the spiritual plasticity of man at a young age engulfed in the evolutionary process may be considered an original characteristic of Montessori.