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A.S. Neill

Born

in Forfar, Angus, Scotland

December 13, 1901

Died

September 23, 1973

Genre

Nonfiction, Social Sciences, Poetry

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Alexander Sutherland Neill was a Scottish progressive educator, author and founder of Summerhill school and its philosophy of freedom from adult coercion and its community self-governance, which remains open and continues to follow his educational philosophy to this day. He is best known as an advocate of personal freedom for children.

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	Summerhill: A Radical Approach to Child Rearing 4.12 avg rating — 2,322 ratings — published 1960 — 106 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Man Alive 4.03 avg rating — 302 ratings — published 1938 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Freedom, Not License! 3.77 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 1966 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The New Summerhill by A.S. Neill, Albert Lamb (Editor) 4.31 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1992 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Neill! Neill! Orange Peel! 4.05 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1972 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Summerhill, for and Against: Outstanding Writers in Education, and Psychology Evaluate the Concepts of A.S. Neill 3.68 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1973 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All the Best, Neill: Letters from Summerhill by A.S. Neill, Jonathan Croall (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1983 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Dominie's Log: The Story of a Scottish Teacher 4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1915 — 56 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Liberdade sem Medo 4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Talking of Summerhill 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1968 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The function of a child is to live his/her own life, not the life that his/her anxious parents think he/she should live, nor a life according to the purpose of the educators who thinks they knows best”
― A.S. Neill

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“If the emotions are free the intellect will look after itself”
― A.S. Neill

tags: education, philosophy, unschooling

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“All crimes, all hatreds, all wars can be reduced to unhappiness.”
― A. S. Neill

tags: crime, hatred, unhappiness, war

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