Some Thoughts Concerning Education · Character

The Great Masters

Renowned teachers or authors cited as authorities.

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Also known as the great masters, their, themselves, Their

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Locke references the great masters of rhetoric as examples whose practices should be imitated by students learning to write and speak.

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With Children (professional): Children are taught and disciplined by the great masters, who are their tutors or teachers. With People Strangers to Business (professional): These people are often the product of poor teaching by the great masters, representing failed education. With A Child (professional): A child is subject to the instruction and authority of the great masters in educational settings.

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Children
professional · ambivalent
Children are taught and disciplined by the great masters, who are their tutors or… How this plays out →
People Strangers to Business
professional · negative
A Child
professional · ambivalent
Your Son
professional · ambivalent
Children
professional · ambivalent
Children are taught and disciplined by the great masters, who are their tutors or… How this plays out →
A Child
professional · ambivalent
Children
professional · ambivalent
Children are taught and disciplined by the great masters, who are their tutors or… How this plays out →
A Child
professional · ambivalent
Your Son
professional · ambivalent

Children
Children are taught and disciplined by the great masters, who are their tutors or teachers.
People Strangers to Business
These people are often the product of poor teaching by the great masters, representing failed education.
A Child
A child is subject to the instruction and authority of the great masters in educational settings.
Your Son
The great masters are responsible for teaching your son, often with mixed results according to the narrator.
Children
Children are taught and disciplined by the great masters, who are their tutors or teachers.
A Child
A child is subject to the instruction and authority of the great masters in educational settings.
Children
Children are taught and disciplined by the great masters, who are their tutors or teachers.
A Child
A child is subject to the instruction and authority of the great masters in educational settings.
Your Son
The great masters are responsible for teaching your son, often with mixed results according to the narrator.

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