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This introduction outlines the philosophical aims and educational rationale of the Common Course conceived in 1952. It presents the course as an effort to address the perceived failure of progressive education to cultivate free reason, responsible will, and creative personality, despite its success in developing intelligence. Emphasizing philosophy as a personal, dialogical, and non-metaphysical practice, the text defines education as a lifelong task of “majoring in life” through the free creation of values. The Common Course is framed as a response to cultural apathy, loss of personality, and political vulnerability to totalitarianism, proposing instead a communicative, example-based pedagogy centered on great creative figures. Its goal is to form self-directing, free personalities capable of reasoning, valuing, and acting responsibly within a democratic community.

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1952

01-I. Introduction to the Common Course (1952)

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