Next up in the list of the 12 most important questions from philosophy:

What is education?

Here is the best answer I have come across:

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. – William Butler Yeats

Education is not merely the school system or going to college. It is a lifelong process of continual growth sparked by curiosity and built by stacking up all of life’s learning experiences.

Jim Rohn describes all of the valuable things in life as being on the top shelf and that we must stack all of the books we have read up in order to stand on them and reach those valuables.

Think about yourself and your education.

Did you stop learning when you graduated?

When was the last time you read something educational or skill-building?

How can you cultivate in yourself a strong sense of curiosity?

If there is something valuable that you want from the top shelf, start stacking books up.

Make it a great day.

Jake