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The ministry of education is truly the most worthy, the most noble, the most meritorious, the most beneficial, the most useful, the most necessary, the most natural, the most reasonable, the most worthy of thanks, the most pleasing and the most glorious. - Memorial to Cardinal Tonti by St. Joseph Calasanz INTRODUCTION Today, there is a plethora of educational philosophies. Sometimes it is confusing which among these educational philosophies one should choose. However, the dark side of this overabundance is that some significant and founding educational philosophies are left in oblivion. One of these is the educational philosophy of St. Joseph Calasanz. [1] That with too much emphasis on his religious contributions, according to Joseph Domenech i Mira, his educational philosophy was overshadowed by others. This paper aims at highlighting the core educational philosophy of St. Joseph Calasanz. In this relation, the paper is divided into two segments: the history s
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Panopticon: The Ever Watchful Eye By Archie R. Magarao                 Michel Foucault, a French social philosopher, is one of the key philosophers of the modern time. His critical philosophy is so wide-ranging that it includes psychology, sociology, jurisprudence, ethics, politics, philosophy, history, and natural sciences. No wonder why his thoughts are much talked about in the academe. In this very brief philosophical reflection on Foucault, allow me to introduce to you one of his key concepts namely the panopticon. Although the philosopher Jeremy Bentham generally coined the term, it was Foucault who took the matter seriously. Foucault argues that modern society is similar to penal colonies. What makes this resemblance possible is the existence of the ubiquitous and ever watchful faceless panopticon.                 The term panopticon is of Greek origin which simply means all-seeing. Technically, it is the prison’s central tower where the guards stay and watch over the
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