Educational Philosophy

Man’s history is a journey of return to integrity; that state of certainty which is his birthright that he remembers as lost paradise.

In the near future every organisation, from the smallest company to the largest multinational, will be an ideological company, a school of being where men will seek to regain this lost state. Its success and longevity will depend on its philosophy and even more on its founder.

At the top of every organisation there will be philosophers of action, poets, visionaries and pragmatic utopians, capable of penetrating to its core and its very foundation to nourish its roots. In them men will learn to transcend themselves, constantly eliminating every division, every shadow and every degradation.

Througout the organs of those enterprises a chord that still binds all their cells will resonate and make them vibrate in unison. The smallest widening of one’s vision, an elevation in comprehension, moves mountains in the world of economics and finance.

Our students will be giants in the world of economics – the global communicators of the future. Their ability to create wealth will be the effect of an inner state of responsibility.

– Elio D’Anna, ESE Founder & President

Behind every human achievement, at the origin
of every intuition, of every scientific or social conquest,
behind the world’s largest financial and industrial corporations,
and all that is beautiful, useful, wealthy, there is invariably
one man, an individual and his Dream.

Only individuals can transform society. Only individuals can dream. ESE’s mission is to create a new generation of young entrepreneurs and corporate leaders, visionaries, pragmatic dreamers. To achieve such an aim, requires more than good programs and good teachers. ESE is a system of vital ideas and prepares its students to be the new cells of a healed humanity, free from conflictual thinking, superstitions, prejudices and obsolete ideas, cultivating in themselves an indomitable passion for greatness.

The life of an organization, the future of a nation, of an entire civilisation depends on the existence of these men and women. The heads of future organizations will be philosophers of action. These people are more precious than gold mines and oil fields. They will bring success and longevity to the enterprises of the world.

We embrace the idea that to forge them, academic excellence has to keep up with developing their individual human potential, and that developing intellectual capacities has to go along with creating a true internationality and sound operative skills, both gained in the field, within the leading companies of the world.

The success of a man as of an organization is determined by their philosophy.

Therefore in ESE is clear that real education is not simply the teaching of notions and development of skills but above all the transfer of the unique philosophy of the School, of its ideas and founding principles. ESE provides an approach to business and a wide vision of life through a process of intellectual, artistic, political, ethical and socio-cultural exploration, centered on self-discovery and work on oneself aimed at integrity.

Neither knowledge nor education, wealth nor social standing can pave your way to success but rather your own self-knowledge and integrity.

The evolution of every business, from the local corner shop to the giants of international industry and finance is their conscious transformation into a ‘School of Being’. Their aim and real business objectives will be the evolution of all people directly participating, and stakeholders. Corporations and organizations of the future will be places of aspiration and personal improvement where workers and staff will leave at the end of the day with a greater sense of understanding, happiness and responsibility, and where even the remotest cells of the organization will be taken care of in order to evolve and accelerate their progress.

Our primary objective is the development, growth and success of visionary business leaders and entrepreneurs. We embrace the idea that developing career skills together with the individual human potential are equally valuable. Thus, at ESE learning is paramount and comprises not simply the transfer of knowledge and skills but also the unique philosophy of the School, that provides an approach to, and a process of, intellectual, artistic, political, ethical and socio-cultural exploration and integration.

We recognize the interrelatedness of all learning. We believe that such learning and growth is the mutualresponsibility of the School and the student. Toward this end, ESE provides undergraduate and postgraduateeducation emphasizing self-knowledge, the theoretical and conceptual underpinnings of business and the liberal arts, and the application of knowledge, ideas and innovation to a global environment.

“You will found a School of Being, a University for whoever has a dream to realize… where it will be taught that the ‘Dream is the most real thing that there is’… that what man calls reality is nothing more than the reflection of his dream. You will create a School of responsibility, a School for philosophers of action where it will be taught that happiness is economy… that wealth, wellbeing and beauty are every man’s birthright. You will create a School without end… a School for Gods… It will have My pace and My range … You must not fear criticism. There will seem to be obstacles of every sort, but every difficulty or enemy will turn out to be your greatest ally, an integral and irreplaceable part of this endeavour.”

The School for Gods, Elio D’Anna

“The School for Gods” is not only a novel about the ideas and the philosophy that inspire the School, but also a manifest announcing “the Individual Revolution”, the birth of vertical men, the cells of a new humanity finally healed from pain, fear and conflictual thinking.

To learn more about the book please visit the official web site: www.elio-danna.com

“ In accordance with the Dreamer, the material on this site ‘The School for Gods’ is distributed without profit to those who have manifested a special interest in receiving answers or information for research and educational purposes “.