Tomorrow I’m leading a live, open seminar on Kant’s views on education.
In Britain and America in the 1700s, the most influential philosopher of education was John Locke, with his Some Thoughts Concerning Education. In France, it was Jean-Jacques Rousseau with his Emile.
But in the German states, it was Johann Georg Sulzer, with his 1748 An Essay on the Education and Instruction of Children. Sulzer’s fundamental thesis:
“Obedience is so important that all education is actually nothing other than learning how to obey.”
To which I add from Immanuel Kant’s lectures on education:
“Above all things, obedience is an essential feature in the character of a child, especially of a school boy or girl.”
For more details, check in tomorrow for Kant & Absolute Duty, which is part of my Education’s Villains and Heroes course. Link to register: ZOOM.