Духовная антропология и тенденции современного образования

The article is dedicated to the investigation of the subject of mental anthropology. The author considers Patristics to be its foundation and pays a special attention to the influence of the spiritual anthropology on the modern pedagogical theories. The definitions of such notions as «mentality» and «mental anthropology» are given in the text. The author uses the facts from the history of mental evolution to prove the statements.