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“Good teachers can do more than just get their students to balance an equation or recall the names of presidents. They can shape what people believe and how they conduct their lives; they can encourage a passion to learn and excel.”
― Confucius: And the World He Created
― Confucius: And the World He Created
“The metaphor of the cave explains how this works. It occurs in Book VII of Plato’s Republic, where Socrates describes the world around us as a darkened cavern, across the back of which a puppet show is flashed with the figures of men, animals, and objects cast as shadows. For a modern audience, the description has an eerily familiar ring. It’s the world of television and the media at its most flimsy and superficial.”
― The Cave and the Light: Plato Versus Aristotle, and the Struggle for the Soul of Western Civilization
― The Cave and the Light: Plato Versus Aristotle, and the Struggle for the Soul of Western Civilization
William J. Pringle’s 2025 Year in Books
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