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Subject: origional source of W. B. Yeats quote on education
Category: Reference, Education and News > General Reference
Asked by: jeff97-ga
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Posted: 21 Sep 2003 16:49 PDT
Expires: 21 Oct 2003 16:49 PDT
Question ID: 258911

can you please identify the origional source of the quote, "Education
is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire." It is often
attributed to W. B. Yeats, but I am looking for a published, citeable
refrence.

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Subject: Re: origional source of W. B. Yeats quote on education
From: rainbow-ga on 21 Sep 2003 21:55 PDT

Hi jeff,
I haven't located the origin of this quote by W.B. Yeats, but there
seems to be a disagreement over who the original author of that quote
is.
http://www.listproc.bucknell.edu/archives/obts-l/200102/msg00054.html

A very similar quote is: 
“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be ignited”. 
Author: Plutarch, priest at the Delphic Oracle (c.45-125 AD) 

Regards,
rainbow
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