FEATURED QUOTE // REF #01589
“Believing, thus, that man is born good, which means on my regard that he is born a brother to the world, not its owner and destroyer, I think that education has not been much else than the system through which this fraternity is transformed in domination.”
EVEQUOTE ARCHIVE // Quote by Agostinho da Silva
“Believing, thus, that man is born good, which means on my regard that he is born a brother to the world, not its owner and destroyer, I think that education has not been much else than the system through which this fraternity is transformed in domination.”
Agostinho da Silva
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AuthorAgostinho da Silva
DisciplinePhilosopher
Born13 February 1906
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George Agostinho Baptista da Silva, GCSE was a Portuguese philosopher, essayist, and writer. His thought combines elements of pantheism and millenarism, an ethic of renunciation, and a belief in freedom as the most important feature of man.