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