This article focuses on some of the central issues of philosophy of education, such as the problem of acquisition of knowledge, the essence of human potential, the question of the foundation for a viable upbringing, and social dimensions of education. The article discusses one of the key problems of the global world - the problem of man considered in all complexity of the XXI century that presents serious challenges to human sustainability through predictable and unpredictable extreme events of the environmental, (...) social and political nature. (shrink)