This means that true learning isn't just about facts; it also requires a strong sense of right and wrong. Without good morals, even smart people can use their knowledge for bad purposes. It links wisdom to virtue.
Quote by Juan Luis Vives: “No knowledge is pure knowledge, no understanding complete, without a moral foundation.”
No knowledge is pure knowledge, no understanding complete, without a moral foundation.
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Vives was a prominent humanist advocating for educational reform that integrated moral and ethical instruction with academic learning, believing virtue was essential to knowledge.
About the Author
Spanish-born Renaissance humanist philosopher who lived and worked in the Low Countries and England. His work on psychology, education, and poor relief was ahead of its time, and his Instruction of a Christian Woman was among the first sustained arguments for women's education.
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