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.