Education is not the piling on of learning, information, data, facts, skills, or abilities—that's training or instruction—but is rather making visible what is hidden as a seed.
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Thomas More suggests that true education is about nurturing inner potential rather than simply accumulating knowledge. It focuses on personal development and bringing out inherent abilities.
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