ABSTRACT
The Latin concept of education is the consequence of the Latin concept of the State. Since the State ought to direct everything it also to direct education and since the State ought to think and act for the citizen it must take care to imbue his mind with the sentiment of obedience, respect for all the hierarchies, and severely repress all signs of initiative and independence. The authors show that three conceptions—those of religion, politics, and education—have contributed to the formation of the Latin mind, and have produced its state. Few persons are able to understand wherein the Anglo-Saxon conception of education differs from the corresponding conception among the Latins. The principle of Anglo-Saxon education is this: the child goes through his school life not to be disciplined by others, but to learn to make use of his own independence.
