The omnipotence of education refers to the educational viewpoint that rationalists in 17 and 18 centuries exaggerated the role of education in determining society and denied the influence of genetic quality differences on human development. Kant, a German philosopher, believes that the reason why people become human depends entirely on education. The German philosopher Leibniz once said that if he was given full power in education, Europe could be changed in less than a hundred years. Helvetius, a French materialist, is the representative of the omnipotence of education.
Its point of view
The omnipotence of education is a view that exaggerates the role of education in human development and thinks that people are completely the product of education. Kant, a German philosopher, believes that the reason why people become human is entirely the result of education. Watson, an American psychologist, once said that he can change a dozen healthy children in a special way and train them into doctors, lawyers, beggars, thieves and so on.
Helvetius, a French enlightenment thinker, is the representative of the omnipotence of education. In On Man's Rational Ability and Education, he thinks that human beings are equal in talent and have no difference in genetic quality. Man is the product of environment and education, and his personality, temperament and spirit are all the results of education.
By developing human rationality through education, we can form a sound morality, thus changing the social status quo and establishing a rational social system. It can be seen that those who hold education omnipotence generally ignore or deny the role of genetic quality and human subjective initiative in human development, and regard social environment and education as decisive factors affecting human development.