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Single Idea 5833
[filed under theme 25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / b. Education principles
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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 Ref
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.
The
18 ideas
with the same theme
[principles and values in educating the young]:
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1552
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He spent public money on education, as it benefits the individual and the state
[Protagoras, by Diodorus of Sicily]
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5833
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Education is the greatest of human goods
[Xenophon]
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238
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Children's games should channel their pleasures into adult activity
[Plato]
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257
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Mathematics has the widest application of any subject on the curriculum
[Plato]
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260
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Control of education is the key office of state, and should go to the best citizen
[Plato]
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2148
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To gain knowledge, turn away from the world of change, and focus on true goodness
[Plato]
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2152
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Dialectic is the highest and most important part of the curriculum
[Plato]
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331
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Bad governments prevent discussion, and discourage the study of virtue
[Plato]
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3037
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Aristotle said the educated were superior to the uneducated as the living are to the dead
[Aristotle, by Diog. Laertius]
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8768
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Books are endless, and study is wearisome
[Anon (Ecc)]
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13304
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Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime
[Posidonius]
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5305
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Communists want to rescue education from the ruling class
[Marx/Engels]
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19245
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We are not inspired by other people's knowledge; a sense of our ignorance motivates study
[Peirce]
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8619
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To learn something, you must know that you don't know
[Frege]
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14839
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Interest in education gains strength when we lose interest in God
[Nietzsche]
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14848
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Education in large states is mediocre, like cooking in large kitchens
[Nietzsche]
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14886
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Education is contrary to human nature
[Nietzsche]
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3983
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Learning is evolution in the brain
[Dennett]
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