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← Educate people to be capable and sensible, and they will make themselves capable professionals

17 connected korrents · 12 moments from 8 Jun 1637 to 30 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under education education Everything filed under friendship friendship Everything filed under America America Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Educate people to be capable and sensible, and they will make themselves capable professionals Educate people to be capable and sensible,and they will make themselves capableprofessionals Last stated 160 years ago 1 Feb 1867 JM John Stuart Mill — holds since 1867-02-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: When you see a worthy person, think of equalling them; when you see the opposite, look inward and examine yourself — tap to centre the map on it When you see a worthy person, thinkof equalling them; when you see theopposite, look inward and examineyourself CO Confucius — holds since c. 551–479 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: If anything can ever make people wiser and more ingenious, it is probably to be found in medicine — tap to centre the map on it If anything can ever make peoplewiser and more ingenious, it isprobably to be found in medicine Last stated 389 years ago 8 Jun 1637 RD René Descartes — holds since 1637-06-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Universities exist to make capable and cultivated human beings, not to train people for a particular livelihood — tap to centre the map on it Universities exist to make capableand cultivated human beings, not totrain people for a particularlivelihood Last stated 160 years ago 1 Feb 1867 JM John Stuart Mill — holds since 1867-02-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Words are tools the wise reckon with, but fools treat them as money, valuing them by the authority of famous names — tap to centre the map on it Words are tools the wise reckonwith, but fools treat them as money,valuing them by the authority offamous names TH Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are Same subject: A wise person proportions their belief to the evidence — tap to centre the map on it A wise person proportions theirbelief to the evidence DH David Hume — holds since c. 1748 — tap for who they are Same subject: Keep company with people who will improve you, and with those you can improve; both sides learn — tap to centre the map on it Keep company with people who willimprove you, and with those you canimprove; both sides learn SE Seneca — holds since c. 62–65 CE — tap for who they are Same subject: Hoping to know through other people's understanding is probably as unreasonable as hoping to see through their eyes — tap to centre the map on it Hoping to know through otherpeople's understanding is probablyas unreasonable as hoping to seethrough their eyes Last stated 337 years ago 24 May 1689 JL John Locke — holds since 1689-05-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: If you know why you live, how you live can take care of itself — tap to centre the map on it If you know why you live, how youlive can take care of itself Last stated 3 days ago 30 Sept 2026 FN Friedrich Nietzsche — holds since 1888-09-03 — tap for who they are EL Eyal Levin — holds since 2026-09-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A better school looks more like the old-fashioned schoolhouse than like project work; the more school resembles free play, the worse it gets. — tap to centre the map on it A better school looks more like theold-fashioned schoolhouse than likeproject work; the more schoolresembles free play, the worse itgets. Last stated 4 months ago 27 May 2026 SY Scott H. Young — holds since 2026-05-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: A dense-looking building does not by itself create a livable dense suburb without supporting schools and shops. — tap to centre the map on it A dense-looking building does not byitself create a livable dense suburbwithout supporting schools andshops. Last stated 8 years ago 2 Jun 2018 FS Felix Salmon — holds since 2018-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A feeling of responsibility is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them — tap to centre the map on it A feeling of responsibility isprobably the greatest inhibitor ofcreativity; great ideas came frompeople not paid to have them IA Isaac Asimov — holds since c. 1959 — tap for who they are Same subject: A very long life would not grow boring, because pleasures spaced far enough apart do not wear out. — tap to centre the map on it A very long life would not growboring, because pleasures spaced farenough apart do not wear out. Last stated 4 months ago 16 Jun 2026 PB Paul Bloom — holds since 2026-06-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: As water takes on the nature of the soil it flows through, a person's wisdom takes on the company they keep — tap to centre the map on it As water takes on the nature of thesoil it flows through, a person'swisdom takes on the company theykeep TH Thiruvalluvar — holds since c. 450–500 CE — tap for who they are Same subject: Friendship with the upright, the sincere and the well-informed helps you; friendship with the showy, the smooth and the glib harms you — tap to centre the map on it Friendship with the upright, thesincere and the well-informed helpsyou; friendship with the showy, thesmooth and the glib harms you CO Confucius — holds since c. 551–479 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: A century of fire suppression policy in the American West has dangerously overloaded forests with fuel and made megafires more likely. — tap to centre the map on it A century of fire suppression policyin the American West has dangerouslyoverloaded forests with fuel andmade megafires more likely. Last stated a month ago 22 Aug 2026 JP Jennifer Pahlka — holds since 2026-08-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world. — tap to centre the map on it A Chinese crewed landing on the Moonbefore America returns would be adefeat for the free world. Last stated 2 months ago 18 Aug 2026 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are EB Eric Berger — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A city's first rail line comes in at a reasonable cost and every line after it does not, because the follow-up outgrows the in-house team that oversaw the pilot. — tap to centre the map on it A city's first rail line comes in ata reasonable cost and every lineafter it does not, because thefollow-up outgrows the in-house teamthat oversaw the pilot. Last stated 2 years ago 7 Dec 2024 AL Alon Levy — holds since 2024-12-07 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Educate people to be capable and sensible, and they will make themselves capable professionals Last stated 1 Feb 1867 · 160 years ago Holds John Stuart Mill Read this korrent →