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On May 21, the Education Commis-sion of the Duma (the Parliament

of the Russian Federation) convened ahalf-day hearing in Moscow on “Educa-tion and National Security.” Over 430experts and representatives came, fromregional governments across Russia.

The Schiller Institute was the onlynon-Russian organization invited toaddress the hearings. Institute represen-tative Anno Hellenbroich of Germany,was the seventh speaker, following gov-ernment ministers, commission chair-men, and rapporteurs. He discussedshaping education according to the Clas-sical principles of the Humboldt educa-tion reforms of Nineteenth-centuryGermany. Organizers of the hearinghad invited the Schiller Institute to par-ticipate, because they knew that in theyears since its founding by Helga ZeppLaRouche, the Institute has become aleading independent source of ideas inthe fight for human civilization, for thedignity of the individual, for humanrights, and for education.

Mrs. LaRouche submitted a paper forthe hearing entitled, “Education andNational Security: The Moral-Philosoph-

ical Foundations of National Economy,”which, with Hellenbroich’s address on“Classical Curriculum and Socratic Dia-logue: An Answer to the Challenges ofthe Twenty-first Century,” was includedin the written proceedings.

As a concept for “education andnational security,” the Schiller Institute

presentation focussed on the developmentof Eurasia as a common goal for allhumanity. Crucially important for thisundertaking, is the Platonic method ofhypothesis-formation. Students mustbecome conversant with all the mainhuman “languages”: spoken language, thelanguage of hearing, and the language ofvision. Hellenbroich’s sharp attack on the“information society” utopia whichGeorge Soros is currently promoting inEastern Europe, drew loud applause.

Then, summarizing the thesis of ZeppLaRouche’s paper orally, Hellenbroichsaid that education must be based on theproper transmission of universal history:“This transmission of universal history inthe Schillerian sense, thus primarilyinvolves tracing the development of ideasthat have brought humanity forward.”And, in conclusion: “Once the student hasgone through all these disciplines, . . . wenow have the prerequisites for the devel-opment of the kind of personal characterthat Schiller calls the ‘beautiful soul.’ . . .Any educational program that seeks tofoster, in the best possible way, the sover-eign nation-state, as well as the creativeabilities of its citizens, must be orientedtoward these ideals.”

Schiller Institute Promotes Classical Curriculum

Education Hearing in Russian Parliament

Schiller Institute spokesman Anno Hellenbroich conducts a rehearsal of the J.S. Bach “St.John’s Passion,” in preparation for an Institute performance, Wiesbaden, Germany, March1996. Mr. Hellenbroich, the only foreign guest to address the Russian Duma educationhearings, spoke on “Classical Curriculum and Socratic Dialogue.”

The Schiller Institute held itsfounding meeting on April 20

in the Polish capital of Warsaw, afterofficially registering in early Febru-ary with the Warsaw AssociationsTribunal. The Institute’s board andreview committee were elected, aswas its chairman, Anna Kaczor.

The Schiller Institute then con-ducted twelve seminars over a spanof eight days, involving a total of 300participants, including parliamentar-ians of various parties, elements ofthe Solidarnosc trade union, and rep-resentatives of political parties anduniversities.

The Schiller Institute delegation

was invited to speak by three branch-es of Solidarnosc: the Upper Silesiatrade union for mining and energy inKatowice, the Solidarnosc group atthe Polish Academy of Science inWarsaw, and the comparable groupat Warsaw Polytechnic Institute.

The Economic Academy in Cra-cow invited the Institute to lecture onLyndon LaRouche’s textbook, So, YouWish To Know All About Economics?,which has been available for the pastyear in a Polish edition. The same lec-ture was repeated a few days later, at aseminar at the Catholic University ofLublin, in which sixty students andmembers of Solidarnosc participated.

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