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Image Right - Aristotle ((384 BC – 322 BC)
An educator is a person who teaches, informs or inspires others.
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widely known as the Father of Classical Liberalism, was an English philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers. He believed that all knowledge had to be taught. Following that logic, at birth, people's minds were a "tabula rasa." Since people were not born with a distinct character, Locke insisted upon teaching character first and academics second, saying the value of good character far exceeded the value of learning to read, write, complete calculations and memorise facts.'