Teaching children

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Of all wild creatures, the child is the most intractable.

Plato

Laws

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Topic

Man and animals Boys Teaching children Children

Author

Plato

Source

Laws

Medium

Philosophical dialogue Dialogue

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

346 BC 340s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Original Citation

Plato. Νόμοι [Laws]. c. 346 BC, bk. 7.

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Plato. Laws, translated by Tom Griffith, edited by Malcolm Schofield. Cambridge University Press, 2016, bk. 7.

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Too often we give our children the answers to remember rather than the problems to solve.

Roger Lewin

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Topic

Teaching children Parents and children Cultivating independence

Author

Roger Lewin

Source

The Saturday Review

Medium

Magazine

Language

English

Time

1974 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Lewin, Roger. "Observing the Brain Through a Cat's Eyes." The Saturday Review, 5 Oct. 1974.