Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
AristotleRead
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.
Interpretation
Educators hold more value than mere parents since they teach life skills that contribute to a fulfilling life.
In this quote, Aristotle emphasizes the profound impact that education has on an individual's ability to live a meaningful life. While parents provide the biological means of existence, it is the educators who impart essential knowledge, values, and skills, shaping the character and future of children. Therefore, those who dedicate their lives to teaching and guiding children deserve greater honor and respect for their vital role in human development.
In practice
During a graduation speech to inspire young educators about their impact.
Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
Those who cannot bravely face danger are the slaves of their attackers.
For often, when one is asleep, there is something in consciousness which declares that what then presents itself is but a dream.
You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.
But if nothing but soul, or in soul mind, is qualified to count, it is impossible for there to be time unless there is soul, but only that of which time is an attribute, i.e. if change can exist without soul.
The whole is more than the sum of its parts.
The most used program in computers and education is PowerPoint. What are you learning about the nature of the medium by knowing how do to a great PowerPoint presentation? Nothing. It certainly doesn't teach you how to think critically about living in a culture of simulation.
The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds, as it amuses the fancy, as it improves the understanding, and as it strengthens virtue.
There is no system in the world or any school in the country that is better than its teachers. Teachers are the lifeblood of the success of schools.
Anything you read can influence your work, so I try to read good stuff.
We should try to introduce our children to science today as a rebellion against poverty and ugliness and militarism and economic injustice.
I think the cardinal rule of learning to write is learning to read first. I learned to write by learning to read.
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