Note 1 — Chapter III · THE CICADA: THE TRANSFORMATION
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos translation
Joseph Jacotot (1770–1840), a famous French educator, whose methods aroused a great deal of discussion. He propounded other more or less paradoxical maxims, such as, “All men have an equal intelligence,” “A man can teach what he does not know,” and so on.—Translator’s Note. ↑