John Locke on education
Stephen Hicks discusses John Locke’s views on education, with excerpts from Locke’s Some Thoughts concerning Education. This is from Part 8 of his Philosophy of Education course.
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Steven,
Well said and presented. I’ll borrow one quote and run with it on my blog tomorrow….
Mark
Great. Thanks, Mark.