Meaning of “We shall always place education side by side with instruction; the mind will not be cultivated at the expense of the heart.” [closed]

phrase-meaning

What does this quote mean to you in terms of education:

We shall always place education side by side with instruction; the mind will not be cultivated at the expense of the heart.

Written by the founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross, Blessed Basil Moreau


I believe that Moreau was French. This means that the sentence is almost certainly a translation. Translations cannot always replicate the subtleties of the original language.

French is a Latinate language. Without going into details, "to educate" comes from the Latin "ex ducere" which means "to bring out" whereas "instruct" comes from "in struere" which means "to build in".

My interpretation

If you instruct someone, you put something into their mind, for example facts and rules. If you educate someone, you bring something out of them - you develop them, you reveal their true heart.

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