Thiruvalluvar's Conception of Education and Wisdom: A Tamil Philosophical Perspective with Contemporary Implications |Chapter 3 | New Ideas Concerning Arts and Social Studies Vol. 4

 

This paper explores Thiruvalluvar’s conception of education and wisdom as articulated in the Thirukkural, positioning it within a global philosophical dialogue alongside Socrates, Confucius, Immanuel Kant, and John Dewey. Thiruvalluvar views education not as the mere acquisition of formal knowledge but as a transformative ethical journey grounded in wisdom, integrity, self-awareness, and social responsibility. To critically evaluate this vision, the study introduces the MESS framework—Moral Philosophy, Ethical Wisdom, Secular Education, and Social Responsibility—offering a novel lens for philosophical and educational analysis. By applying this model, the research highlights the universal and inclusive relevance of Thiruvalluvar’s ideals across cultures, transcending barriers of religion, race, or caste. Anchored in classical Tamil thought, the paper conducts a cross-cultural comparative analysis that reveals a shared human aspiration for morally grounded education. In challenging the dominance of technocratic, outcome-driven pedagogies, the study advocates for a holistic educational paradigm that integrates ethical and social development. As the first to apply the MESS method to both classical and modern philosophies, this research makes a timely contribution to contemporary discourse on value-based education, moral leadership, and inclusive curriculum design in pluralistic societies.

 

Author(s) Details

Uthayan Thurairajah

OU Elite Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

 

Please see the book here:- https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/nicass/v4/5857

A Comparative Study: First Canadian Tamil Scholar Rv. G.U. Pope’s Best Thirukkural Reinvention | Chapter 4 | Research Highlights in Language, Literature and Education Vol. 9

 The study aims to equate the English translation of Thirukkural by G. U. Pope accompanying other translations and identify welcome ontological and epistemological gift to the Tamil language and literature. Though Language supports the ability to assume and interpret the manual, linguistic untranslatability often stands due to the question of symbolic meaning. A discussion could have various kinds of intention through its etymology and partnership. While all translators are not creative dramatisst, their suggestions of words take care of always compare. But a translator's job search out reactivate the passage from the active individual. Many problems and deficiencies in interpretation need more attention. Language has allure history, culture, tradition, and tradition and is a ideas tool and a living guide for human beings. A weak translation can lead to disorientation when most native ideas are strange to foreign translators. Therefore, it perishes the text's creativeness when translated into a different language. This long student essay is a deep comparative and comprehensive reasoning of the reinvention of Thirukkural by G. U. Pope with three added translators at different times. The interpretation may have many lacks based on the interpreter's knowledge of the source and aim languages and phenomenological and epistemological approaches to handling the translation outside compromising the original signification of the source text. It is complex and troublesome to assess or reach a accord since each interpreter's knowledge level and understanding of the subject matter vary. The comparative evaluation uses various tools to judge the quality of the interpretation. This paper makes a inclusive study to find the best Thirukkural translation utilizing the CUTER assessments, BATMAN evaluations of the source language, and SAFEMAN amounts of the target terminology and bring light to rewording challenges. The source and target vocabulary assessments cause significant findings that benefit organization and future translators. This is the first research paper to address all these limits comprehensively. Therefore, this research judgment is historical and ground-breaking in translation, civilization, and linguistics instruction. This paper will help researchers, translators, linguistics, educators, undergraduates, educational organizations, and society.

Author(s) Details:

Uthayan Thurairajah,
OU Elite Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Please see the link here: https://stm.bookpi.org/RHLLE-V9/article/view/11942