From metaphor, Tagore moves us toward a theory of learning: people grasp truth more deeply when it is enacted. This aligns with educational traditions that treat knowledge as a practiced skill, not just a stored idea. Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics (c. 4th century BC) famously argues that we become just by doing just acts, suggesting character itself is trained through repeated behavior.
Consequently, “teach the world by doing” implies that instruction is most persuasive when it is lived. A person who demonstrates patience in conflict or integrity under pressure teaches without lecturing, because observers can see the principle operating in real conditions. [...]
