Education makes us what we are.

L’éducation nous fait ce que
nous sommes

Claude Adrien Helvétius

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Topic

Effects of education Education

Author

Claude Adrien Helvétius

Source

De l'esprit

Medium

Essay

Language

French

Time

1758 1750s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

France Europe

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Citation

Helvétius, Claude-Adrien. De l'esprit [On the Mind]. Paris: Durand, 1758, essay 3, ch. 30.

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Time
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Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard Improved. Philadelphia, 1752.

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Another quote about Education

The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful.

Socrates

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Socrates

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Plato
Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
375 BC 370s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Socrates. Quoted in Πολιτεία [Republic], written by Plato. c. 375 BCE.

Current Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Republic, written by Plato, translated by Desmond Lee. Penguin Classics, 2007.

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The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.

Edmund Burke

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Relinquishing freedom Freedom

Author

Edmund Burke
Source
Speech at County Meeting of Buckinghamshire
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1784 1780s 18th century
Era
Age of Enlightenment
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Citation

Burke, Edmund. "Speech at a County Meeting of Buckinghamshire." 1784, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.

Another quote originally in French

There is nothing in the world which does not have its decisive moment, and the masterpiece of good management is to recognize and grasp this moment.

Jean-Francois Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz

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Author

Jean-Francois Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Language
French
Time
1717 1710s 18th century
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Citation

De Gondi, Jean-Francois Paul. Memoires. 1717, bk. 2.