Single Idea 14848

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

Full Idea

The educational system in large states will always be mediocre at best, for the same reason that the cooking in large kitchens is at best mediocre.

Gist of Idea

Education in large states is mediocre, like cooking in large kitchens

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Human, All Too Human [1878], 467)

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Human, All Too Human', ed/tr. Faber,Marion [Penguin 1994], p.222


A Reaction

I wish he had said what that 'same reason' is. Something to do with too many cooks, I suppose. Nothing seems harder than reaching a wide concensus on how the young should be educated. Like interior design by a committee.