Aristotle and Education

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

-- Aristotle

A Thought for Saturday

Though the sword of justice is sharp, it will not slay the innocent.

-- Chinese Proverb

A Thought for Friday

Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify suppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burned women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.

-- Louis D. Brandeis (1856 - 1941)
Supreme Court Justice of the United States
(from Whitney v. California)

A Thought for Sunday

It is better than ten guilty persons escape than one innocent suffer.

-- William Blackstone (1723 - 1780)
Commentaries on the Laws of England
Book 4, Chapter 27.