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Jean-Jacques Rousseau • Do Contrato Social (Portuguese Edition)

He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them. But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion... Nor is it enough that he should hear the... See more

The ideology varies, at times, for subsequent generations but each of public schools’ greatest proponents sure are intent on *imposing* their values on all. Excerpt from Social Ideas of American Educators: It is clear [Horace] Mann’s social and educational philosophy was opposed to romantic... See more

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In 1859, 12‑year‑old Thomas Edison sold newspapers and candy on the Grand Trunk Railroad to fund his chemistry experiments. Today, 12-year-olds wait on permission to go to the bathroom. We always recommend John Taylor Gatto’s Dumbing Us Down to anyone interested in reading about how schools... See more

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In order to be able to think, you have to risk being offensive.

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau • Do Contrato Social (Portuguese Edition)

J. Stuart Mill se pose avant tout en défenseur de la liberté individuelle face au groupe dominant attelé à la seule tâche d’imposer ses croyances et ses coutumes. Dans La Liberté, il écrit : « La seule liberté qui mérite ce nom est celle de chercher notre bien propre à notre propre façon, aussi longtemps que nous n’essayons pas de priver les autres

Matthieu Ricard • Plaidoyer pour le bonheur (French Edition)

This emphasis on criticality is crucial: it’s the nub of Dewey’s philosophy of education. Like Locke in the 17th century, Dewey was stressing the need for the cultivation of critical thinking for the making of a fair, open-minded citizenry—one which is able to think independently to contest bad ideas and question leaders. And it is raised again and

Gary Thomas • Education: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

“ most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, and intolerable...”

— H.L. Mencken