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Bertrand Russell was renowned for his provocative views on education. Considered an educational innovator, Russell attempted to create the perfe... read full description


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May 13, 2011
Trevor rated it: 3 of 5 stars
Mostly this one will just be a couple of quotes I’ve selected from the text to perhaps use in an essay I’m writing – but that will probably never actually make it. This book starts and ends with a discussion of the difference between educating people as citizens and educating them as individuals. There are problems with both extremes, although, today we no longer seem to think of them as extremes on a continuum.

Essentially, the argument is that since the state is the main force r More...
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