India, April 12 -- The entire Greek tradition, going through Aristotle, Socrates and more, has subscribed to the theory that 'man is a learning animal.' This belief has been carefully nurtured and left a deep impact on the Greek-Roman tradition. As the Greek-Roman tradition spread through North Africa, Asia and different parts of Europe, it left its mark on human thinking and learning. That 'man is a learning animal' graduated to the level of a belief and paradigm. Deep thought makes it necessary to take a closer look at this statement.

Palpably, this is a compact thought. There is some recognition and some empirical evidence to the effect that different phases of the life cycle have different intensities and content of learning. One lea...