Montaigne's Blueprint for Education

Who better to inquire about education than a famed 16th century nobleman who inscribed excerpts of wisdom on the wooden beams of his library? Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (often called simply “Montaigne”) authored the heavily influential Essays, an outpouring of his natural philosophies, and had much to say on education. This video is based on an article that can be found here:
https://thinkingwest.com/2021/03/20/montaigne-on-education/

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RECOMMENDED BOOKS
How to Read a Book, Mortimer Adler and Charles van Doren: https://amzn.to/3NOLCrm
How to Read and Why, Harold Bloom: https://amzn.to/3J69V0y
The Well-Educated Mind, Susan Wise Bauer: https://amzn.to/3LB5Djq

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