Total Body Conditioning refers to the complete investment of the body, taking the Greek practice «to care for oneself» into the Foucauldian register of discipline and control exacted on the self — where
individual practices of freedom are intertwined with modes of domination.
All I am saying is that in
the practice of our freedom of speech, we who claim to follow Jesus must make sure that we do not use the non-gospel right to say whatever we want in a way that violates the gospel - centered call to speak the truth in love.
Having in view the question of national security, this contribution to
the practice of freedom of conscience can be made only because the great majority of citizens are willing to bear arms in defense of their country.
Such an inquiry leads directly to a fourth concept of liberal learning, as
the practice of freedom.
This view wholly obscures the more significant respects in which mathematics issues from
the practice of freedom.
In some respects the discipline of mathematics offers an even more impressive opportunity for
the practice of freedom.
This practice of freedom is the crowning liberty of liberal learning.
These studies would seem to be the most effective means for developing skill in
the practice of freedom.
I turn now to the relation of the arts to
the practice of freedom.
As compared with the natural sciences, the social sciences present a new set of opportunities for
the practice of freedom.
In the foregoing analysis I have tried to show that each discipline offers opportunities for
the practice of freedom and thereby contributes to the fulfillment of human beings as creative agents.
Each domain of inquiry within the curriculum of liberal education has its own characteristic features with respect to
the practice of freedom.
The study of history thus provides opportunities for
the practice of freedom, by participating imaginatively in the decisions of persons who have acted in the past, thereby transcending the narrow confines of one's own existence, and by engaging in the activity of constructing and reconstructing a picture of the past, in the search for an ever more adequate account of the human drama.
I now propose to show more concretely just how liberal studies entail
the practice of freedom, by examining briefly the nature of the knowing process in some of the main disciplines in the liberal arts and sciences.
Liberal learning, then, includes a variety of opportunities for
the practice of freedom, and the well educated person is one who skillfully and zestfully exercises his formative powers in the pursuit of these various kinds of understanding.
The scholar's
practice of freedom is a continuing dialogue, involving besides himself other persons (especially within his discipline community) and nonhuman beings in the environing world that he seeks to understand.
This is education as
the practice of freedom.»
· That all of them engage in what Brazilian educator and philosopher Paulo Friere calls «
the practice of freedom, the means by which men and women deal critically and creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation of their world.»
I am a firm believer in rehabilitation and education as the «
practice of freedom,» thus if we can improve the conditions of their educational experience inside, they may embrace education a liberatory tool of empowerment.
May our humility be remembered in the use of our education as
the practice of freedom.
I believe that both Dorendas - one born into slavery and one born free - understood the importance of education as
the practice of freedom.
«Education,» Paolo Freire wrote, «either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring about conformity or it becomes
the practice of freedom, the means by which men and women deal critically and creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation of their world.»
Dr. Howard Fuller, one of our country's most inspirational educators, reminds us that the «purpose of education is to develop our young people so they can engage in
the practice of freedom.»
Through a strong school community, we will teach all students the skills, habits, and ethical decision - making they will need to actively engage in
the practice of freedom.
As the TAC community continues to engage in difficult discussions and take important actions on these issues, I hope we will all continue to ensure that education truly can become the «
practice of freedom.»