Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.

B.F. Skinner

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Topic

Education Learning

Author

B.F. Skinner

Source

New Methods and New Aims in Teaching New Scientist

Medium

Magazine

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Psychologist Writer

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Skinner, B. F. "New Methods and New Aims in Teaching." New Scientist, 21 May 1964.

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Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves.

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Limits of democracy Elections Democracy

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Herbert Marcuse
Source
One-Dimensional Man
Genre
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Language
English
Time
1964 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Marcuse, Herbert. One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society. Beacon Press, 1964, ch. 1.

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A little learning is a dangerous thing;
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring:
There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,
And drinking largely sobers us again.

Alexander Pope

An Essay on Criticism

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Topic
Downsides of education Education Ignorance

Author

Alexander Pope
Source
An Essay on Criticism
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1711 1710s 18th century
Era
Age of Enlightenment
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Pope, Alexander, [published anonymously]. "An Essay on Criticism." London: W. Lewis, 1711, pt. 2, l. 215-218.

Current Citation

Pope, Alexander. "An Essay on Criticism." Alexander Pope: The Major Works, edited by Pat Rogers. Oxford University Press, 2009, pt. 2, I. 215-218.