THE UNIFYING POWER OF THE LOGOS In Memory of Professor Violeta Panzova

Abstract

Everyone who has had the opportunity to experience the most valuable
aspect of the educational process - that is, its influence on the shaping and
flourishing of the human potential of the individual - seems to be able to capture,
albeit intuitively, the deep, philosophical meaning of the term “teacher”.
In this meaning, it refers not only to a professional, but also – or even primarily
– to a spiritual category. A teacher is a person who, through words and deeds,
reveals to us the true meaning of the lifelong activity of learning, understood as
a process of self-development and self-actualization, as recognizing the unique
ontological “gift of the self” and nurturing it towards achieving its optimal
form. It is a process based on the acquisition of knowledge of various kinds,
but always inspired by the ethical pursuit of the good and aimed at establishing
a delicate balance between one’s own and other persons’ perspectives.