Answer to Question #318883 in English for Jnls

Question

Can you describe Dr. Jose Rizal as a student of higher education at UST.

Answer 1

Rizal, upon entering the university, was not certain which course of study he wanted to pursue. The Jesuit priests who had been his former mentors had advised him to take up farming, or to join the order and be a man of the cloth. However, his tastes went towards law, literature, or medicine. In the end, he decided to sign up for Philosophy and Letters during his freshman year because of the following reasons:

It was what his father would have wanted for him.

He had failed to seek the advice of the rector of the Ateneo, Father Ramon Pablo.

As part of the course, he had to complete units in the following subjects:

Cosmology and Metaphysics

Theodicy

History of Philosophy