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“Knowledge pursued for its own sake - that's the definition of education, as opposed to training.”

Education Training Sake Definitions Pursued

Author:Jane Haddam

“Every child must be encouraged to get as much education as he has the ability to take. We want this not only for his sake - but for the nation's sake.”

Want Children Nations Ability Education Sake Be Encouraged Nothing Matters

Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965

“The intellectual process must be stirred. A feeling for knowledge for its own sake must be engendered. Learning will then be an exciting adventure which few can escape, nor will many wish to. And it will bring the spirit to a great awakening which can likely last a lifetime.”

Feelings Lasts Spirit Wish Process Education Adventure Intellectual Exciting Lifetime Sake Awakening Exciting Adventures

Author:Julius Sumner Miller

“In old days men studied for the sake of self-improvement; nowadays men study in order to impress other people.”

People Men Self Order Education Study Self Improvement Sake Improvement Impress Old Days

Book:A book of heaven and the earth: stories from the Confucian analects

Source: A book of heaven and the earth: stories from the Confucian analects

“As soon as you start asking what education is for, what the use of it is, you're abandoning the basic assumption of any true culture, that education is worth while for its own sake.”

Use Culture Education Asking Sake Assumption

Book:Singing Waters

Source: Singing Waters

“There are branches of learning and education which we must study merely with a view to leisure spent in intellectual activity, and these are to be valued for their own sake; whereas those kinds of knowledge which are useful in business are to be deemed necessary, and exist for the sake of other things.”

Kind Views Education Study Activity Intellectual Sake Branches Leisure

Book:Aristotle's Politics: Writings from the Complete Works: Politics, Economics, Constitution of Athens

Source: Aristotle's Politics: Writings from the Complete Works: Politics, Economics, Constitution of Athens

“Instead of encouraging the student to devote himself to his studies for the sake of studying, instead of encouraging in him a real love for his subject and for inquiry, he is encouraged to study for the sake of his personal career; he is led to acquire only such knowledge as is serviceable in getting him over the hurdles which he must clear for the sake of his advancement.”

Real Education Careers Study Clear Subjects Students Sake Intelligence Acquire Real Love Inquiry Advancement Hurdle

Book:The Open Society and Its Enemies

Source: The Open Society and Its Enemies

“The elimination of ignorance, of illiteracy... and of needless inequalities in opportunities (is) to be seen as objectives that are valued for their own sake. They expand our freedom to lead the lives we have reason to value, and these elementary capabilities are of importance on their own”

Reason Values Opportunity Education Ignorance Importance Sake Educational Objectives Inequality Capability Literacy Elimination Illiteracy

Book:Indian Development: Selected Regional Perspectives

Source: Indian Development: Selected Regional Perspectives