Montesquieu Quotes on Education

Montesquieu

1689-1755

Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de la Brede and Montesquieu was a French writer and philosopher of the Enlightenment, political thinker, precursor of sociology.

Quotes

Education gives us the ideas and a good education puts them in proportion. - Montesquieu

Translated from French

Topic: Pedagogy Education

Tags: ideas, education, nail

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Today we get three different or contrary educations: that of our fathers, that of our masters, and that of the world's. What we are told by the last one overthrows all the ideas the first two. - Montesquieu

Translated from French

Topic: Philosophy Education

Tags: different, ideas, contrary

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