 | William Henry Maxwell - 1891 - 348 pages
...the following sentences, and give a reason for each change : 1. A good education is that which gives to the body and to the soul all the beauty and all the perfection of which it is capable. 2. It is letters, however, which opens the intelligence to the light of reason. 3. Each... | |
 | 1892 - 750 pages
...teacher, and whicli have abiding influence with children. The voice of Plato speaks to us from the past: "The purpose of education is to give to the body and...and all the perfection of which they are capable."' We mortals to-day say Amen! and yet again, Amen! DISCUSSION. MARGARET W. SUTHERLAND: — I do not know... | |
 | 1919 - 408 pages
...amount of flattening, if shown In true proportions, would be less Some Definitions of Education. 1. The purpose of education is to give to the body and...and all the perfection of which they are capable. — Plato. 2. Education is the development in man of all the perfection which his nature permits.—... | |
 | Charles Alexander McMurry - 1892 - 212 pages
...examine a few well-known definitions of education by great thinkers, and try to discover a central idea. "The purpose of education is to give to the body and...the beauty and all the perfection of which they are capable."—Plato. "Education includes whatever we do for ourselves and whatever is done for us by... | |
 | Charles Alexander McMurry - 1893 - 232 pages
...well-known definitions of education by great thinkers, and try to discover a central idea. Plato.—"The purpose of education is to give to the body and to...and all the perfection of which they are capable." John Stuart Mill.—"Education includes whatever we do for ourselves and whatever is done for us by... | |
 | James N. Patrick - 1894 - 232 pages
...than merely instructed in text-books. s Education is the preparation for complete living. — Spencer. The purpose of education is to give to the body and...and all the perfection of which they are capable. — Plato. We must accept nothing from precautionary maxims beyond the point at which practice has... | |
 | James N. Patrick - 1894 - 248 pages
...than merely instructed in text-books. * Education is the preparation for complete living.—Spencer. The purpose of education is to give to the body and...the beauty and all the perfection of which they are capable.—Plato. We must accept nothing from precautionary maxims beyond the point at which practice... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - 1895 - 266 pages
...happiness, first to himself and next to other beings." Such changes I recommend, always keeping in mind that "the purpose of education is to give to the body and...and all the perfection of which they are capable." VIII. WHAT A GRAMMAR SCHOOL GRADUATE SHOULD KNOW AND BE ABLE TO DO. BY LS HASTINGS, NASHUA, NH In view... | |
 | 1895 - 290 pages
...it would determine the course by considerations from without. On the one hand, Plato said long ago: "The purpose of education is to give to the body and...and all the perfection of which they are capable." On the other hand, we have this from Milton : "I call, therefore, a complete and generous education,... | |
 | Daniel Putnam - 1895 - 342 pages
...definitions and statements have reference mainly to the results of education upon the individual. " The purpose of education is to give to the body and...and all the perfection of which they are capable." — PLATO. " The end of education is to render the individual as much as possible an instrument of... | |
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The purpose of education is to give to the body and to the soul all the beauty and all the perfection of which they are capable. 
