| Friedrich Fröbel 21. April 1782 Oberweißbach – 21. Juni 1852 Marienthal, Gemeinde Schweina Pädagoge (Schüler Pestalozzis) –  Wikipedia |
| "Bei der Erziehung muss man
etwas aus dem Menschen herausbringen und nicht in ihn hinein" Zitiert nach: Akademie Kinder philosophieren, Hg: Praxisleitfaden Kinder philosophieren. Freising 2007, S. 15 |
| Edward Gibbon 8.5.1737 Putney (heute London) – 16.1.1794 London; britischer Historiker |
| "The satirist may laugh, the
philosopher may preach; but Reason herself will respect the prejudices and
habits, which have been consecrated by the experience of mankind." Memoirs of My Life and Writings Der Satiriker mag lachen, der Philosoph mag predigen, die Vernunft aber wird die Vorurteile und Gewohnheiten respektieren, die durch die Erfahrung der Menschheit geweiht wurden. |
| "The various modes of worship, which prevailed in
the Roman world, were all considered by the people as equally true; by the
philosopher, as equally false; and by the magistrate, as equally useful. And
thus toleration produced not only mutual indulgence, but even religious
concord." The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, chapter II "Many a sober Christian would rather admit that a wafer is God than that God is a cruel and capricious tyrant." The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire |
| "Philosophy alone can boast (and
perhaps it is no more than the boast of philosophy), that her gentle hand is
able to eradicate from the human mind the latent and deadly principle of
fanaticism." The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, chapter XXV |
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