Herbert Spencer
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English philosopher and sociologist (1820 to 1903); author of Education: Intellectual, Moral, and Physical.
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18 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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In education, as in dress, the ornamental has come before the useful (opens korrents.com)
“Among mental as among bodily acquisitions, the ornamental comes before the useful. Not only in times past, but almost as much in our own era, that knowledge which conduces to personal well-being has been postponed to…”
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Boys are given a classical education simply to conform to public opinion (opens korrents.com)
“If we inquire what is the real motive for giving boys a classical education, we find it to be simply conformity to public opinion.”
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Education's function is to prepare us for complete living, and should be judged by that (opens korrents.com)
“To prepare us for complete living is the function which education has to discharge; and the only rational mode of judging of an educational course is, to judge in what degree it discharges such function.”
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In education, as in dress, the ornamental has come before the useful (opens korrents.com)