A Study on the Meaning of the ‘Lifelong Learning to Be’ Implicated in the Philosophy of Nietzsche

摘要

The purpose of the paper is to examine the meaning of ‘lifelonglearning to be’ as the essence of lifelong education, which hasbeen implied in the thoughts of Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche(1844-1900). This will be approached from the perspectives of‘learning to know’, ‘learning to do’, ‘learning to live together’and ‘learning to be’, which are the four pillars of education inUNESCO’s 1996 Delors Report. Despite Friedrich Nietzschebeing one of the most influential scholars of the nineteenthcentury, few types of research have been carried out concerninghis philosophy and its impact on lifelong education. This article,first and foremost, seeks to argue that Nietzsche is asignificantly prominent lifelong educator whose philosophycontains significant implications on lifelong learning in today’speriod of uncertainty. Secondly, we will discuss the ‘learning tobe’ as the pillar of lifelong learning suggested in both Faure andDelors Report. In the final part, the article explores theimplications of Nietzsche’s idea on the four pillars of lifelonglearning.