Importance of Knowledge and Wisdom Quiz

Rubrics for Activity 1

• Excellent (16-20 points): Documentation is complete, essay answers the question completely and correctly, and language is easy to understand.
• Good (11-15 points): Some elements are lacking in documentation, essay partially answers the question correctly, and language has some mistakes.
• Fair (6-10 points): Many elements are lacking in documentation, essay incorrectly answers the question, and language has many mistakes.
• Needs Improvement (1-5 points): No documentation, essay does not answer the question, and language is hard to understand.

Dr. Allan C. Orate, UE

• No one can be given wisdom at birth; it's not an achievement one gets for free.
• Wisdom is not just about knowing everything, but also about knowing oneself.

The Sciences and The Humanities

• The scientist becomes a learned man, while the humanist becomes a wise man.
• The scientist tends to know everything about the world but forgets to know anything about himself.

Thales of Miletus

• A philosopher and one of the legendary Seven Wise Men of antiquity.
• He is remembered for his cosmology based on water as the essence of all matter.
• He is known for his curiosity and conjectural approach to questions of natural phenomena.

Modern Image of Scientific-Technocentric Man

• Man is a part of nature, but is detached from it during the industrial age.
• Expressions of beliefs through art vary from different periods of human existence.

Postmodern Image of Eclectic Man

• Man is a piece of everything.

Humanistic Disciplines

• HISTORY: Human events happening in the world.
• LANGUAGE: Written and oral forms of human communication.
• PHILOSOPHY: Human reason concerning reality.
• ART: Admiration and creation of human-made objects.

Etymology of the Word Art

• Latin: "ars".
• English: "art".

Western Concept of Art

• ACADEMIC: Only schooled people are artists.
• ELITIST: Meant for the higher social class.
• HIERARCHICAL: Liberal art and servile art, high and low art, major art and minor art or craft.

Western Classification of the Arts

• MAJOR ART: Made by artists and primarily concerned with the form of beauty.
• MINOR ART OR CRAFT: Made by artisans and concerned with functionality and usefulness.

The 7 Major Arts in Western Civilization

• Visual: PAINTING, SCULPTURE, ARCHITECTURE.
• Performing: MUSIC, DANCE, DRAMA.
• Linguistic: LITERATURE.

Minor Arts: Craft

• Ceramics, Weaving, Sewing, Handicraft, Carpentry, Masonry, Stone Cutting, Gardening, Cooking.

Example of Artist and Artisans

• Michelangelo: took credit for his art and was recognized as the artist, not the artisans who helped him.

The Humanities and the Filipino Personhood (Pagkatao)

• Relate the Western concept of humanities with the Filipino notion of "pagkatao".
• Compare and contrast the concepts of art according to Western and Filipino thought.

Filipino Artists

• Juan Luna: Bachelor of Arts degree, Ateneo Municipal de Manila, enrolled in Academy of Fine Arts, Manila, and studied in Escuela de Bellas Artes de San Fernando.
• Felix R. Hidalgo: won silver medal in Exposicion Nacional for Las Virgines Cristianas espuestas al populacho.

Rizal's Speech

• Names like Luna and Hidalgo signify an achievement and illuminate two extremes of the globe.