Albert Einstein: “… A Miracle that the Modern Methods of Instruction Have Not Yet Entirely Strangled the Holy Curiosity of Inquiry …”

By | October 15, 2017

It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry; for this delicate little plant, aside from stimulation, stands mainly in need of freedom; without this it goes to wreck and ruin without fail. It is a very grave mistake to think that the enjoyment of seeing and searching can be promoted by means of coercion and a sense of duty.

— Albert Einstein, quoted in Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist, 1951

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