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Rabindranath Tagore is directly linked to the concept of education through his philosophical definitions of its purpose [1] and his collaborative perspective on it as a framework for self-discovery [2], which aligns with his broader aspirations for the expansion of the human spirit [3].
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claimRabindranath Tagore and Sri Aurobindo viewed education as a framework for the active seeker to discover an essential self that is cosmic and universal.
quoteRabindranath Tagore stated: "I was brought up in an atmosphere of aspiration, aspiration for the expansion of the human spirit. We in our home sought freedom of power in our language, freedom of imagination in our literature, freedom of soul in our religious creeds and that of mind in our social environment. Such an opportunity has given me confidence in the power of education which is one with life and only which can give us real freedom, the highest that is claimed for man, his freedom of moral communion in the human world…."
claimRabindranath Tagore defines the meaning and object of education as achieving freedom from ignorance regarding the laws of the universe and freedom from passion and prejudice in human communication.