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The Educated Man

The educated man lives a good, meaningful, and abundant life. He has an open mind and exposes himself to great ideas and thoughts. He rigorously analyzes what he reads rather than just accumulating degrees. He is more interested in discerning what is right and defending it, rather than knowing who is right. He expresses himself clearly and logically with precision. He is not awed by authority and recognizes his own imperfect judgment. He has a sense of values, broad outlook, and passion generated by his education. He is willing to sacrifice for good government. He lives a life relevant to sharing in problems of his time with intelligence, fairness, and understanding.

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The Educated Man

The educated man lives a good, meaningful, and abundant life. He has an open mind and exposes himself to great ideas and thoughts. He rigorously analyzes what he reads rather than just accumulating degrees. He is more interested in discerning what is right and defending it, rather than knowing who is right. He expresses himself clearly and logically with precision. He is not awed by authority and recognizes his own imperfect judgment. He has a sense of values, broad outlook, and passion generated by his education. He is willing to sacrifice for good government. He lives a life relevant to sharing in problems of his time with intelligence, fairness, and understanding.

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THE EDUCATED MAN

Jovito Salonga

What, then, is an educated man? Is he the man who has read a lot? Partly yes, because his reading is
serious and discriminate and uplifting. Is he the man who remembers many facts and events? Partly yes,
because the training of memory is a wholesome discipline that requires effort and application, and
because one cannot make a sound judgment without respect for remembered facts. Is the educated man,
then, one who because of his skill is able to provide for himself and his family? Partly yes, since education
should teach us how to make a living. But there is one thing we should always remember and it is this-
the far more important than the making of a living is living of life- a good life, a meaningful life, an
abundant life.

The educated man lives this kind of life because he has opened the windows of his mind to great
thoughts and ennobling ideas; because he is not imprisoned by the printed page but chooses to make a
relentless, rigorous analysis and evaluation of everything he reads; because he is less interested in the
accumulation of degrees than in the stimulation of his mind and the cultivation of a generous spirit;
because his interest is less in knowing who is right but more importantly in discerning what is right and
defending it with all the resources at his command; because he express himself clearly and logically, with
precision and grace; because he is no awed by authority, but is humble enough to recognize that his best
judgment is imperfect and may well tainted by error or pride; because he has a healthy sense of values, a
breadth outlook, and the depth of passion which a purposeful education generates; because whenever he
talks about good government he is prepared and willing to sacrifice himself for it; and because he lives a
life of relevance to the world in which he lives, sharing in the problems of his time and doing whatever he
can with intelligence and fairness and understanding.

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