Russell, Bertrand -- Education and the Social Order [Education and the Modern World], ch. 12 “Competition in Education” (1932)

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Another intellectual defect of almost all teaching, except the highest grade of university tuition, is that it encourages docility and the belief that definite answers are known on questions which are legitimate matters of debate.

Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Education and the Social Order [Education and the Modern World], ch. 12 “Competition in Education” (1932)

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Russell, Bertrand -- Education and the Social Order [Education and the Modern World], ch. 12 “Competition in Education” (1932)