Abstract
The paper presents the conception of education formulated by Jan Patocka, one of the best known Czech philosophers of education. In his opinion education is a lifelong movement in the context of which reciprocal relationship, being together, solidarity and intergenerational bond are formed.
Thanks to this movement, young generation is introduced to the principles of the world, what never occurs without specific struggles, or even fights. Patocka distinguishes between anchor movement, which has defensive character, and movement towards the thruth or in the truth, which opens an individual to the others and allows it to develop.