Monday, May 21, 2012

Education

Education is ever more important as societies grow more democratic. The purpose of education is not to prepare for a job; it is, far more, a preparation for understanding and giving meaning to the civilization in which one lives. Only the cultural maturity of the majority will allow democracy to last. Otherwise fanaticism and violence will motivate people. It will be the only way of filling the spiritual void of their existence, by replacing individual liberty with collective exaltation.
Jean-Francois Revel. Democracy Against Itself. (264-265)

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