Self-care and education

Abstract

This writing reviews Foucault’s analysis of self-care as a significant category of the ancient Hellenistic schools and its possible relationship with education. The care itself was focused on promoting autonomous and creative subjects, which was achieved with
the advice of a teacher. Among self-care practices, dialogue and writing were included as exercises that helped the subject build his life project as a unique and original existence. Thus, it is the intention of this collaboration to reassess the pedagogical contribution of self-care.