Ciencia y Virtud

"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind." - Albert Einstein. Growing up, my parents and mentors would always tell me these words. I grew up studying in a Catholic School so I was always thought how to live morally and virtuously. After high school, I entered Centro Escolar University Makati – Gil Puyat Branch where I have learned the motto: Ciencia y Virtud or Science and Virtue.

           

Ciencia y Virtud. What is Ciencia y Virtud? Ciencia y Virtud means Science and Virtue but what is Science? And what is Virtue? There is more to these words than what it really means. Science is knowledge or a system of knowledge covering general truths or the operation of general laws especially as obtained and tested through scientific method and so on and Virtue is a quality considered morally good or desirable in a person. When these two words are put together side-by-side it will have a greater meaning especially when applied.

CEU taught me that there can be virtue in Science. When you apply science to everything you can have an organized and systematized life decisions and when you do, you will be able to do something without trampling other people. For an instance, let’s say you have a group activity and then you and your group mates are in a pinch and you have to make a decision. You will not decide on the spot but you will think of the pros and cons of your decision. When you think, you are already applying science. In that way you can come up with a good decision that will help your group mates and you will not become a burden to them.  When you do come up with a good solution then you have done something morally right because you did something that is good. When you don’t think properly there will be consequences that will affect many people. So we should always apply science in everything.

If there is virtue in science, there is also science in virtue. Science in virtue literally means that in every virtue you do, there is science. When you do something virtuous, you apply the things you learn and where there is learning there is Science. Science and Virtue are two words that can change your whole life, from the way you think to the way you act towards yourself and towards other people. CEU not only helps your mind grow but it also helps you grow spiritually. We are not only trained to be smart and intellectual, we are morally challenged to do the right things scientifically. We are trained to have the knowledge but more than that we are raised to have wisdom which is the application of knowledge. The knowledge and the application of knowledge is the true meaning of Ciencia y Virtud.