The philosophy and the poetry of nature, the methods of all the exact sciences, and an inspired conception of the life of nature must make part of education.
Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “The philosophy and the poetry of nature, the methods of all the exact sciences, and an inspired conception of the life…”
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Kropotkin believes that education should include both the philosophy and poetry of nature alongside scientific methods.
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