Opposition to Schopenhauer’s philosophy of education

There is fierce opposition to the #philosophy of #education put forward by Arthur #schopenhauer (1788-1860). The opposition goes beyond little details. It’s essential, fundamental, ferocious, and relentless. Schopenhauer created his own antagonists from the moment that he diverged from the doctrines of #plato (429-347 BC). You can find those doctrines in Plato’s book “The Republic.” Plato employed grandiloquent terms for describing his ideas about education. He spoke about a “just, harmonious society,” but in practice, he was proposing a totalitarian, oppressive and tyrannical education system. According to Plato, the purpose of education is to construct a society ruled by philosophers like himself, who impose their views on everyone else by means of hired warriors. What gives philosophers the right to rule? Plato affirms that they have access to secret knowledge (“the world of forms”). It is abstract #knowledge that nobody else can access or grasp. Here is the link to the original article: https://johnvespasian.com/opposition-to-schopenhauers-philosophy-of-education/