Outlines from the History of Education

This book presents the History of Education with some objective outlines. Upon the subjects of education and religion, almost everyone believes he has something to say. It is noticeable also that this belief is often quite apart from knowledge or special preparation. In mathematics, we wait for the judgment of the mathematician, in chemistry, for the judgment of the chemist, while in education we wait for no one, but bring forth our opinions loudly and dogmatically.
We have, as a pleasant consequence, the fact that the nonsense written and spoken about education is like no other nonsense for completeness...