And what is the chief disease? Listen to Richard Livingstone:
For the teacher to have clearly in his mind this distinction of means and ends, and the need for higher ends, to feel that he is training his pupils to live a life that is a symphony and not a series of disconnected noises - even if they are beautiful noises - to see that while they acquire the means which they need for the practical purpose of life, they should also form an idea of the end at which they should aim. If that could be done, we should have cured the chief disease of our times. If you want a description of our age, here is one: The civilization of means without ends; rich in means beyond any other epoch, and almost beyond human needs; squandering and misusing them because it has no overruling ideal; an ample body with a meager soul.
(Quoted from page 58 of Teaching and the Case Method, by Louis B. Barnes, C. Roland Christensen, and Abby J. Hansen. Harvard Business School Press, 1994.)
For a brief biography of Richard Livingstone, click here.
For the teacher to have clearly in his mind this distinction of means and ends, and the need for higher ends, to feel that he is training his pupils to live a life that is a symphony and not a series of disconnected noises - even if they are beautiful noises - to see that while they acquire the means which they need for the practical purpose of life, they should also form an idea of the end at which they should aim. If that could be done, we should have cured the chief disease of our times. If you want a description of our age, here is one: The civilization of means without ends; rich in means beyond any other epoch, and almost beyond human needs; squandering and misusing them because it has no overruling ideal; an ample body with a meager soul.
(Quoted from page 58 of Teaching and the Case Method, by Louis B. Barnes, C. Roland Christensen, and Abby J. Hansen. Harvard Business School Press, 1994.)
For a brief biography of Richard Livingstone, click here.
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