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Plutarch

Greek biographer and essayist, c. AD 46–after AD 119. 1 explained quote.

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“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.”
Plutarch · 100
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“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.”
Plutarch · “On Listening to Lectures” (De auditu), Moralia · 100 · Philosopher

Education should not just pour facts into students but light their own desire to think and to find the truth.

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About Plutarch

Plutarch was a Greek writer and priest at Delphi who lived under the Roman Empire. His Parallel Lives, paired biographies of famous Greeks and Romans, were a major source for Shakespeare. His many essays on ethics, education and religion are collected as the Moralia.