Single Idea 5833

[catalogued under 25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / b. Education principles]

Full Idea

Education is the greatest of human goods.

Gist of Idea

Education is the greatest of human goods

Source

Xenophon (Apology of Socrates [c.392 BCE], 22)

Book Reference

Xenophon: 'Conversations of Socrates', ed/tr. Waterfield,R/Tredennick,H. [Penguin 1990], p.46


A Reaction

Of course, one might ask what education is for, and arrive at a greater good. If you ask what is the greatest good which a society can provide for you, or which you can give to your children, this seems to me a good answer.