I am an emeritus educational researcher, doctor of psychology. My research is related to the fourfold division of the European tradition: Schole, Polis, Oikos, Agora and its manifestation in the organization of education in Europe. I have been particularly interested in the mimesis vs. metis division, which is now manifested in the division of education into general and vocational education. From this perspective, I assess the limitations of the European Enlightenment in relation to nature, both internal and external, and especially their interrelationship.