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Single Idea 3037

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

Full Idea

Aristotle was asked how much educated men were superior to those uneducated; "As much," he said, "as the living are to the dead."

Gist of Idea

Aristotle said the educated were superior to the uneducated as the living are to the dead

Source

report of Aristotle (works [c.330 BCE]) by Diogenes Laertius - Lives of Eminent Philosophers 05.1.11

Book Reference

Diogenes Laertius: 'Diogenes Laertius', ed/tr. Yonge,C.D. [Henry G. Bohn 1853], p.188