Quote by G. K. Chesterton

Dogma is actually the only thing that cannot be separated from education. It IS education. A teacher who is not dogmatic is simply a teacher who is not teaching. There are no uneducated people; only most people are educated wrong. The true task of culture today is not a task of expansion, but of selection-and rejection. The educationist must find a creed and teach it.

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Summary

This quote suggests that dogma, or a set of fixed beliefs, is an integral part of education. It argues that a teacher who is not dogmatic is not truly teaching. The quote also implies that many people are educated incorrectly, emphasizing the importance of selecting and rejecting specific teachings. It contends that the role of education today is not to expand knowledge indiscriminately, but to carefully choose a creed or set of principles and teach it to students.

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By G. K. Chesterton

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