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The History of Pedagogy

Note 40 — Chapter II · EDUCATION AMONG THE GREEKS.

William Harold Payne translation

I think it may be doubted whether the disfavor shown by Plato and Aristotle to practical studies was merely a mean prejudice. Preoccupied as they were with the disciplinary value of studies, they may have seen that the culture aim and the utilitarian aim are in some sort antagonistic. (P.)

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