Mario Sergio Cortella (born March 5, 1954) is a Brazilian philosopher, writer, educator and speaker most known for putting into the public sphere and helping popularize in questions related to philosophy in Brazilian contemporary society. He is also known as a prominent educator. Having studied with Paulo Freire, Cortella applied Freire's approach to education while he was secretary of education of São Paulo city during the '90s. He is professor of theological philosophy at PUC-SP.

Early life

He was born in

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, Paraná. In 1973/1974 he experienced the monastic life in a convent of the

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Order, but abandoned the prospect of becoming a monk for an academic career. He graduated in 1975 at the Faculty of Philosophy our Lady Mediatrix. In 1989 he completed his master's degree in education from the

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(PUC-SP), under the guidance of , and in 1997, under the guidance of

Paulo Freire Paulo Reglus Neves Freire (19 September 1921 – 2 May 1997) was a Brazilian educator and philosopher who was a leading advocate of critical pedagogy. His influential work ''Pedagogy of the Oppressed'' is generally considered one of the foundat ...

, completed his doctorate in education from PUC-SP.

Career

He is a full professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies and Graduate Education at PUC-SP, beginning in 1977 and visiting professor at

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since 1997. He was in the GVPEC Fundação Getúlio Vargas between 1998 and 2010. He held the post of Municipal Secretary of Education of São Paulo (1991–1992) during the Erundina administration and was a member of CAPES/Education Ministry Technical Scientific Council of Basic Education (2008/2010). He hosted the program ''Naughty Dialogues'' on TV PUC, the University Channel program.

Publications

Cortella has published works in the field of philosophy and education. He is the author, among other works, of: *''A Escola e o Conhecimento: fundamentos epistemológicos e políticos'' *''Nos Labirintos da Moral'', com Yves de La Taille *''Não Espere Pelo Epitáfio: Provocações Filosóficas'' *''Não Nascemos Prontos!'' *''Viver em Paz para Morrer em Paz: Paixão, Sentido e Felicidade'' *''Não se desespere! Provocações filosóficas'' *''Sobre a Esperança: Diálogo, com Frei Betto'' *''O que é a Pergunta?'', Com Silmara Casadei *''Política: Para Não Ser Idiota'', com Renato Janine Ribeiro *''Vida e Carreira: um equilíbrio possível?'', com Pedro Mandelli *''Educação e Esperança: sete reflexões breves para recusar o biocídio'' *''Qual é a tua Obra? Inquietações Propositivas sobre Gestão, Liderança e Ética'' *''Vivemos Mais! Vivemos Bem? Por Uma Vida Plena'' *''Liderança em Foco'' *''Ética e Vergonha na Cara!'', com Clóvis de Barros Filho *''Pensar Bem Nos Faz Bem!'' *''Descartes, a paixão pela razão''

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Early life

Career

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