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10 Provocative Quotes from Ivan Illich’s “Deschooling Society”0
- August 17, 2015
Ivan Illich’s groundbreaking book Deschooling Society (1971) offers a radical critique of the institutionalization of education within modern societies. Illich believed that we wrongly identify education with schooling, since most of our education happens outside of the school environment. He advocated restructuring education to provide people with multiple opportunities for learning outside of school. “What
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10 Phrases We Use Today That Originated In The Middle Ages0
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- July 21, 2016
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10 Philosophy Books to Bring to a Desert Island0
- December 23, 2015
Dr. Gregory Sadler, known for his accessible YouTube videos on philosophy, was asked to name ten philosophy books he would bring to a desert island. In the video that appears at the bottom of this post, he chose the following books because they “encapsulate [many] other viewpoints” and “have a lot of meat” to them.
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10 Penetrating Quotes on Contemplation from an American Monk0
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- February 24, 2016
Of Thomas Merton (1915-1968), the Dalai Lama once said, “Merton introduced me to the real meaning of the word ‘Christian.’” Of himself, Merton describes his early journey to becoming a Trappist monk below: “[I] spurned New York, spat on Chicago, and tromped on Louisville, heading for the woods with Thoreau in one pocket, John of
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10 Noam Chomsky Quotes That Reach Across the Political Aisle0
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- December 7, 2015
1. “If we don’t believe in free expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.” 2. “Mass education was designed to turn independent farmers into docile, passive tools of production. That was its primary purpose. And don’t think people didn’t know it. They knew it and they fought against it. There was
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10 New Year’s Resolutions Courtesy of Thomas Jefferson0
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- December 30, 2016
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