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Sidney Hook [1902-1989] American

Sidney Hook was an American philosopher of the Pragmatist school known for his contributions to the philosophy of history, the philosophy of education, political theory, and ethics.

Teacher, Education, Failure, Freedom, Knowledge, Nature, Wisdom

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Wisdom is a kind of knowledge. It is knowledge of the nature, career, and consequences of human values.	Knowledge, Nature, Wisdom	101
Tolerance always has limits - it cannot tolerate what is itself actively intolerant.		102
Everyone who remembers his own education remembers teachers, not methods and techniques. The teacher is the heart of the educational system.	Education, Teacher	103
Those who say that life is worth living at any cost have already written an epitaph of infamy, for there is no cause and no person that they will not betray to stay alive.		104
Students rarely disappoint teachers who assure them in advance that they are doomed to failure.	Failure, Teacher	105
Idealism, alas, does not protect one from ignorance, dogmatism, and foolishness.		106
To silence criticism is to silence freedom.	Freedom	107
Before impugning an opponent's motives, even when they legitimately may be impugned, answer his arguments.		108
Fear of death has been the greatest ally of tyranny past and present.		109
Philosophy, most broadly viewed, is the critical survey of existence from the standpoint of value.		110
I was guilty of judging capitalism by its operations and socialism by its hopes and aspirations; capitalism by its works and socialism by its literature.		111

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