“To modern educated people, it seems obvious that matters of fact are to be ascertained by observation, not by consulting ancient authorities. But this is an entirely modern conception, which hardly existed before the seventeenth century.” PeopleMatterFactsSeemsModernCenturyAuthorityAncientObviousEducatedObservationConceptionMatter Of FactConsulting Book:The Impact of Science On Society Source: The Impact of Science On Society
“It must first be reiterated that with extraordinary few exceptions no educated person in the history of Western Civilization from the third century B.C. onward believed that the earth was flat” FirstsPersonsEarthCenturyCivilizationThirdsWesternExtraordinaryEducatedExceptionFlatsWestern CivilizationEducated Person Author:Jeffrey Burton Russell
“When you have schools that are operating in the 20th century, and we're trying to prepare our children for the 21st century, even those children know they are not educated in the right way.” KnowsWayTryingChildrenSchoolCenturyOur ChildrenEducated21st CenturyRight Way20th Century Author:Donna Edwards
“Men and women must be educated, in a great degree, by the opinions and manners of the society they live in. In every age there has been a stream of popular opinion that has carried all before it, and given a family character, as it were, to the century. It may then fairly be inferred, that, till society be differently constituted, much cannot be expected from education.” MenMayHas BeensCharacterAgeGivenOpinionCenturyDegreesMen And WomenExpectedEducatedMannersStreamsPopular OpinionVindication Book:Vindication of the Rights of Women Source: Vindication of the Rights of Women
“Today, in the Twenty-First Century, an age of jet aircraft, personal computers, wireless telecommunications, laser surgery, and incipient space travel, the mentality with which many presumably educated, intelligent people approach matters of economics and business is, however astonishing it may seem, still that of the Dark Ages.” PeopleFirstsMayStillsMatterSeemsAgeTodayDarkSpaceCenturyComputerApproachEconomicsTwentiesIntelligentEducatedMentalitySurgeryAstonishingJetDark AgesSpace TravelAircraftWirelessLasersPersonal ComputersTelecommunications Author:George Reisman
“The nineteenth century was the last moment in history when a relatively educated layperson could follow what was going on in the world of science and invention to a wide degree. Also, there were no "professionals". This was a time when amateur explorers, naturalists and enthusiasts were are still making major contributions to progress.” WorldStillsMomentsLastsProgressCenturyDegreesMajorsWideInventionEducatedContributionNineteenth CenturyExplorersNaturalist Author:Elizabeth Gilbert
“. . . learning never ends, and as we enter the next century, it will be more and more important for all Americans to be lifelong learners. . . . every one of us can contribute in some way to a better-educated America.” WayImportantEndsAmericaNextLearningCenturyEducatedLifelongLearnersLifelong Learner Author:Barbara Bush
“Capitalism in the 19th century did not doom the worker to a life of perpetual poverty. Instead, they kept creating new and better-paying employments as the decades went by. They produced the wealth and rising income that resulted in the emergence of a phenomenon completely new to human history: a self-supporting and educated middle class that grew more and more as they lower classes bettered their economic well-being.” HumansWellsSelfWealthClassPovertyEconomicMiddleCenturyGrewCreatingCapitalismWorkersDecadesIncomeEducatedEmploymentWell BeingRisingMiddle ClassPhenomenonPerpetualHuman HistoryDoom19th CenturyEmergenceLower Class Author:Richard Ebeling
“We have entered an age in which education is not just a luxury permitting some men an advantage over others. It has become a necessity without which a person is defenseless in this complex, industrialized society. We have truly entered the century of the educated man.” MenPersonsAgeCenturyAdvantageAgingComplexesEducatedLuxuryBirthday50th BirthdayDefenselessEducated Man Author:Lyndon B. Johnson