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- Publisher
- D Appleton & Company
- Copyright
- Copyright © 1886 American Psychological Association
- Pages
- 9 –15
- DOI
- 10.1037/12019-001
- Publisher site
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Abstract
A striking fact, which throws great light upon Eastern education, is to be noted in reference to Oriental life. The individual there counts for nothing. A despotic external authority controls his destiny. Education does not aim to develop a perfect man or woman, but to prepare its subjects for their place in the established order of things. It does not aim to beautify the stone, but simply to fit it for its place in the wall. The source of this all-controlling authority varies in the different countries. In China it is fossilized tradition; in India, caste; in Persia, the state; among the Jews, the theocracy. In all the Oriental countries, this external authority determines the character of education; and, if this idea is firmly grasped, it will facilitate a thorough understanding of the educational systems of the East. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
Published: Feb 8, 2010
Keywords: oriental life; education