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Lesson 2: The Value of Science

The document discusses Rizal's views and contributions to science during his exile in Dapitan from 1892 to 1896. It summarizes that [1] science was not strongly emphasized in the Spanish colonial Philippines of the 19th century but Rizal argued for its importance; [2] during his exile, Rizal pursued scientific study of the local flora and fauna, collecting over 300 shells and discovering several new species of lizards, frogs, beetles, and butterflies; and [3] Rizal's scientific work demonstrated his intellectual capabilities and contributions to fields like botany and zoology despite being exiled in a remote location.

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Lesson 2: The Value of Science

The document discusses Rizal's views and contributions to science during his exile in Dapitan from 1892 to 1896. It summarizes that [1] science was not strongly emphasized in the Spanish colonial Philippines of the 19th century but Rizal argued for its importance; [2] during his exile, Rizal pursued scientific study of the local flora and fauna, collecting over 300 shells and discovering several new species of lizards, frogs, beetles, and butterflies; and [3] Rizal's scientific work demonstrated his intellectual capabilities and contributions to fields like botany and zoology despite being exiled in a remote location.

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LESSON 2

The value
of science
By G ro up 2
esson Outcomes:
At the end of the lesson, the students should
be able to;

01 Enumerate the discoveries made by Rizal in Dapitan

Provide alternative ways on looking at how his


02 minds works; and
Synthesizes his scientific approach to framing a
03 nation.
What is the state of science in the
Philippines back in Rizal’s
time?
and How he viewed its
contribution to the nation he
Science was instrumental in the
developing changes in the 19th
century. Rizal was also a part of
that century when various
methods of enlightening took
shape not only in the societal
arena but also in industrial
concerns.
Science was not at the forefront of the
Spanish colonial Philippines in the 19
century.

It was merely introduced as a required


subject to be taken to fulfill the much-
needed courses to attain a degree.
The El Filibusterismo described a student enrolled in a
class of Physicians to be “reciting lessons from memory”,
which was a usual predicament back then. Students
were to mimic, like parrots, the lessons laid out by their
professors from the religious orders.

When students showed a sign of distaste for the subject,


the atmosphere transformed into “a sermon about lessons
on humility, submissiveness, and respect for the
religious.”
That was the context by which a science was suppressed
in the 19th century. But in one of Rizal's essays, The
Religiosity of the Filipinos, Rizal asserted that science is
helpful in understanding the Creator.

As a propagandist writing in the La Solidaridad, Rizal


would invoke the importance of science in laying out
reforms and in improving the state of the country. In the
Indolence of the Filipinos, Rizal argued the importance
of physical sciences to understand current social reality.
In The Philippines a Century Hence, he compared science with history.

"History does not record in its annals any lasting domination by a group of people...the
existence of a foreign body within another endowed with strength and activity is
contrary to all natural and ethical laws. Science teaches us that it is either assimilated,
destroy the organism, is eliminated or becomes encysted. "
An ardent admired of the physical sciences, Rizal had to prove his knowledge about the
subject when he was exile in Dapitan. The solitude of tranquility of the place provided him
with resplendent natural surroundings and he believed that any scientific pursuit would be
within his grasp.
RIZAL'S
COLLECTIONS
AND
DISCOVERIES
SHEL
LS
In his four-year exile, he fostered
fascination for conch ology or the study or
collection of shells, estimated to be around
346 shells from 203 species.
Draco rizali
(lizard)
• This is a small lizard with famous
kind of flying dragon
• Wandolleck
• This lizard only see in tropical
island like southeast asia like
Philippines.
Rhacophorus
rizali
(frog)
• This species is a kind of rare frog
• It is an inhibitant of primary and
secondary rainforest
Apogania rizali
(beetle)
• This species is kind of small beetles
• Heller
• This beetles also kind of peculiar
beetle found here also in the
Philippines
Liptocorisa Spathomeles
Acuta Cyrestis
Rizali (beetle) Maenalis Rizali
(rice bug)
(butterfly)
The species named after him clearly displayed his contributions to botany and zoology.
His inquiries into the local government provided detailed accounts of his different
contributions to society.

A man of his caliber, born in the East, educated in the West, and
still was able to focus and look on the greater side of man makes you take a second
look on his scientific pursuits
Thank
you
B y G ro up 2

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