By Giorgia Ragni
The learning process is most effective and fruitful if it is enlightened by passion.
Athenian philosopher of the Classical period in ancient Greece, Plato, says that the learning process passes through strong passion and motivation.
Famous Italian philosoher Umberto Galimberti, Philosophy of history Professor at the University Ca’ Foscari in Venice, insists that learning starts from the "erotic way".
He believes that interest in the subject, in the way it is conveyed and the Professors' charisma are fundamental factors for instilling motivation in the learners, especially in younger generations.
In teenagers' life, love stands in the first place, so there is where the teachers need to go to catch them.
In order to let any subject enter the rational part of the brain is necessary to promote its access at an emotional level.
Differently, if we ignore the emotional dimension, Galimberti asserts, we will never get to their brains.
Younger generations today suffer from an "Emotional illiteracy".
Feelings are not inbred, but they are learned. Only by building emotional patterns we are able to build relationships and bonds.
These emotional patterns needs to built before the child is three years old, by following them step by step, question by question, drawing by drawing, otherwise they will grow with a very low self esteem.
Without these emotional patterns, all they have are inputs which do not transform into emotion, let alone into feelings which is the most advanced form: not only emotional but cognitive as well.
Feelings are cognitive and they allow us to perceive the external world and others in an appropriate way.
Without clear and formed emotional patterns we lack the ability to distinguish between good or bad, right or wrong, developing an indifference called psychic apathy.
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