“The investigation of the meaning of words is the beginning of education.”
Antisthenes (-444–-365 BC) Greek philosopher
Arrian, Discourses of Epictetus, i. 17
“The more educators and the people investigate the people's thinking, and are thus jointly educated, the more they continue to investigate.”
Pedagogia do oprimido (Pedagogy of the Oppressed) (1968, English trans. 1970)
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Paulo Freire (1921–1997) educator and philosopher
Pedagogia do oprimido (Pedagogy of the Oppressed) (1968, English trans. 1970)
Alan Rusbridger (1953) British newspaper editor
Rusbridger (1999) cited in: Hugo De Burgh (2008) Investigative journalism. p. 17.
1990s
“People will pay more to be entertained than educated.”
Dale Carnegie (1888–1955) American writer and lecturer
“But more careful investigators tell us that there are eight.”
Vitruvius book De architectura
Source: De architectura (The Ten Books On Architecture) (~ 15BC), Book I, Chapter VI, Sec. 4
Context: Some have held that there are only four winds: Solanus from the east; Auster from the south; Favonius from due west; Septentrio from the north. But more careful investigators tell us that there are eight.
Saul Bellow (1915–2005) Canadian-born American writer
"A Half Life" (1990), pp. 302-303
It All Adds Up (1994)
Context: There's something that remains barbarous in educated people, and lately I've more and more had the feeling that we are nonwondering primitives. And why is it that we no longer marvel at these technological miracles? They've become the external facts of every life. We've all been to the university, we've had introductory courses in everything, and therefore we have persuaded ourselves that if we had the time to apply ourselves to these scientific marvels, we would understand them. But of course that's an illusion. It couldn't happen. Even among people who have had careers in science. They know no more about how it all works than we do. So we are in the position of savage men who, however, have been educated into believing that they are capable of understanding everything. Not that we actually do understand, but that we have the capacity.
“People think of education as something they can finish.”
Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, known for his works of science fiction …