James Beattie Quote

The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think - rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with the thoughts of other men.

James Beattie

The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think - rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with the thoughts of other men.

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About James Beattie

James or Jim Beattie may refer to:

James Beattie (poet) (1735–1803), Scottish poet, moralist and philosopher
James Hay Beattie (1768–1790), Scottish scholar, son of above
James Herries Beattie (1881–1972), New Zealand journalist, historian, and ethnologist
James J. Beattie (1942–2019), American heavyweight boxer, see Gene Schoor
Jim Beattie (politician) (born 1948), Canadian politician
Jim Beattie (baseball) (born 1954), American baseball player
Jim Beattie (musician), Scottish musician, formerly of Primal Scream
Jim Beattie (footballer) (born 1973), Scottish footballer
James Beattie (footballer) (born 1978), English footballer
James K. Beattie, Australian chemist