Ongoing formation at the individual level (original) (raw)

Abstract

The subject in question – ongoing formation at the individual level (in other words: formation or self-formation) – is above all a question of personal initiative. The issue at stake: how can this initiative be cultivated, an initiative which can neither be forced nor predetermined nor systematised. It can be said that responsibility for the formation of personal initiative should be the duty of the community. The community should put in place structures and means which nourish the self-formation of its members. But it has to be said that if there is no desire or disposition in the individual, the best structures and means fail. It is because of this, in my opinion that the principal question in formation is: how can an individual be motivated and encouraged to desire ongoing self formation? Self-formation is a transformation of one’s self; it is a work on one’s self which has as its aim the transformation of one’s consciousness and one’s attitude to the world and to people (the oth...

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