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Them Quotes by Ivan Illich
- We cannot go beyond the consumer society unless we first understand that obligatory public schools inevitably reproduce such a society, no matter what is taught…
- Observations of the sickening effect of programmed environments show that people in them become indolent, impotent, narcissistic and apolitical. The political process breaks down, because…
- School divides life into two segments, which are increasingly of comparable length. As much as anything else, schooling implies custodial care for persons who are…
- Most learning is not the result of instruction. It is rather the result of unhampered participation in a meaningful setting. Most people learn best by…
- The re-establishment of an ecological balance depends on the ability of society to counteract the progressive materialization of values. The ecological balance cannot be re-established…
- Man must choose whether to be rich in things or in the freedom to use them.
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