Education, Its Principles and Practice
by George Combe
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9781459070431
Paperback|9781459070431
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: INTRODUCTION. GEORGE COMBE AS AN EDUCATIONIST. George Combe/ Phrenologist and author of the Constitution of Man, is better known than George Combe Educationist. To have written a philosophical work which . has achieved a circulation of above 100,000 in Britain and more in America and the colonies, and has been translated I into most European languages, and to have placed his name, worthily beside those of the anatomists and philosophers Gall and Spurzheim, were distinction sufficient to have eclipsed any other. But light eclipsed is not extinguished. Great as has been George Combe's influence as a thinker and philosopher, his services to education have scarcely been less notable, - and will be of enduring value. He exercised great influence on the education of his time, and he is certain to exercise more on that of the future, in enlightening, broadening and raising it, for his views are still far in advance of the age: and it may be predicted with certainty, that George Combe will yet take a high position, not only as a pioneer, but as a permanent power in education; from the excellence of his ideas, their scientific ', basis, their clear and philosophic exposition, and their important ' practical bearing on the progress of mankind. This is a strong position to claim for a man whose name is seldom mentioned in the abundant talk on education at the present time, but it would seem to be the simple truth, which this re-issue of his contributions to education will, it is hoped, go far to main- lain, and which the future will certainly endorse. b George Combe's great aim was to beaefit his fellow men individually and socially. To this high end, he devoted a long life, with remarkable purity of motive, singleness of purpose, and calm but deep enthusiasm. Towards this...
| ISBN-13 | 9781459070431 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1459070437 |
| Weight | 2.40 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 1.48 In |
| List Price | $44.36 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 754 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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