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Education and the good life

by Bertrand Russell (1872–1970)

20 chapters, about 65,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. INTRODUCTION 1,000 words
2. POSTULATES OF MODERN EDUCATIONAL THEORY 6,600 words
3. THE AIMS OF EDUCATION 7,600 words
4. THE FIRST YEAR 3,200 words
5. FEAR 4,700 words
6. PLAY AND FANCY 3,000 words
7. CONSTRUCTIVENESS 2,400 words
8. SELFISHNESS AND PROPERTY 2,300 words
9. TRUTHFULNESS 2,100 words
10. PUNISHMENT 2,500 words
11. IMPORTANCE OF OTHER CHILDREN 2,000 words
12. AFFECTION AND SYMPATHY 4,900 words
13. SEX EDUCATION 3,300 words
14. THE NURSERY-SCHOOL 2,200 words
15. GENERAL PRINCIPLES 4,900 words
16. THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM BEFORE FOURTEEN 3,700 words
17. LAST SCHOOL YEARS 3,000 words
18. DAY SCHOOLS AND BOARDING SCHOOLS 2,000 words
19. THE UNIVERSITY 2,800 words
20. CONCLUSION 1,200 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Ancestor worship
• Child
• Civilization
• Classical education
• Efficiency
• Fear
• Geography
• Humanities
• Learning
• Literature
• Modern language
• Open-mindedness
• Play (activity)
• Property
• Property (philosophy)
• School
• Social organization
• University
• Vitality
• Will to power

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