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THREE BASIC AIMS OF ONE ULTIMATE
GOAL OF EDUCATION |
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| "Plato
(427-347 BC) believed that "education consists of giving to the body and the
soul all the perfection of which they are susceptible." Michel de Montaigne
(1533- 1592 AD) insisted that" education is the art of forming men, not
specialists." John Locke (1632-1704) was convinced that " the attainment
of a sound mind in a sound body is the end of education." Henry Van Dyke (1852-1933) was certain that the purpose of education
was to create men " who can see clearly, image vividly, think steadily and will
nobly. "Although these men have spoken in different words on the aims of
education, they are basically in unison with one another. |
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