Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Wealth of Nations pt. II

Those parts of education, it is to be observed, for the teaching of which there are no public institutions, are generally the best taught.


Smith here gives his support for private education, or so it seems. How well does this correspond with his teaching of the so-called "web of connectedness?" Does private education promote an attempt to seclude oneself from interaction with the outside world?

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