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Plutarch on Education

b. 120 Greece

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The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.

It was a clever saying of Bion, the philosopher, that, just as the suitors, not being able to approach Penelope, consorted with her maid-servants, so also do those who are not able to attain to philosophy wear themselves to a shadow over the other kinds of education which have no value.

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