'There is still a third category of proletarians that has gone far on the road to its complete development – the educated proletarians. Education has become a special trade under our present system. The measure of knowledge has increased greatly and grows daily. Capitalist society and the capitalist state are increasingly in need of men … Continue reading Karl Kautsky on the educated proletariat
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John Locke: how to think
From Locke's Of the Conduct of the Understanding (published 1706). “11. Indifferency.— First, he must not be in love with any opinion, or wish it to be true till he knows it to be so; and then he will not need to wish it; for nothing that is false can deserve our good wishes, nor … Continue reading John Locke: how to think
A Radical Journalist on Teachers in the early Nineteenth Century
The Examiner was among the greatest Radical newspapers published in England during the early nineteenth century; and its best writer was Albany Fonblanque, whose articles mixed a nimble wit with the most biting and impressive political analysis. In one article from 1827 he addressed the fate of teachers; and for a text of nearly two … Continue reading A Radical Journalist on Teachers in the early Nineteenth Century
Notes in the Margins of the Days 