Bertrand Russells observations on education are world famous. He discusses the different stages of education emphasizing the importance of education at a very young age. The education of character begins at home with wise parents training their children to be affectionate and fearless. Among the most important themes covered is education in knowledge in whic...
Bertrand Russells observations on education are world famous. He discusses the different stages of education emphasizing the importance of education at a very young age. The education of character begins at home with wise parents training their children to be affectionate and fearless. Among the most important themes covered is education in knowledge in which a balance must be sought between interest and accuracy, and between utility and disinterestedness. Russell argues that if the basis of all education is knowledge wielded by love then society can be transformed.
Russell observes very kindly and carefully and records his observations with point and humour.
Times Educational Supplement
Like most of Russells Books, this one is written in delightful English - clear, forceful and epigrammatic.
一般来说，教育是维护现存制度，抵制根本变革的最大阻力。
Education is, as a rule,
the strongest force on the side of what exists and against fundamental change:
那些面临威胁的规章制度，若仍然很强大，
就会控制教育机器，总会千方百计地对青年们尚未成熟的思想施加影响，
以培养他们对传统制度的优越性的崇敬感。
threatened institutions, while they are still powerful,
possess themselves of the educational machine,
and instill a respect for their own excellence into the malleable minds of the young.
改革家们总是针锋相对，要把对手从他们原来的有利地位上排挤出去。
Reformers retort by trying to oust their opponents from their position of vantage.
小孩子们处境如何，双方根本不考虑；
他们只是一些有形而无思想的人，可被拉进这一派，或那一派。
The children themselves are not considered by either party;
they are merely so much material,
to be recruited into one army or the other.
如果孩子们受到重视，教育就不应旨在使他们属于这一党或那一派，
而应使他们能够在两派之间做出明智的选择。
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思想上的大胆给人的愉悦在青年男女中远比在成年人中要普遍得多，
在孩子们当中更是非常普遍了。
这是异想天开的孩提时代所产生的自然现象。
The joy of mental adventure is far commoner in the young
than in grown men and women.
Among children it is very common,
and grows naturally out of the period of make-believe and fancy.
人到晚年，这种现象就少了，
因为在教育过程中，教育家为了绞杀这种思想上的大胆给人的愉悦
而不惜采取一切手段。
It is rare in later life because everything is done to kill it during education.
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