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William Torrey Harris était philosophe américain.

✵ 10. septembre 1835 – 5. novembre 1909
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“The great purpose of school can be realized better in dark, airless, ugly places…. It is to master the physical self, to transcend the beauty of nature. School should develop the power to withdraw from the external world.”

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William Torrey Harris

Source: The Philosophy of Education (His 1889 book)

“Ninety-nine [students] out of a hundred are automata, careful to walk in prescribed paths, careful to follow the prescribed custom. This is not an accident but the result of substantial education, which, scientifically defined, is the subsumption of the individual.”

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William Torrey Harris

Source: The Philosophy of Education (His 1889 book)

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