Philosophical and Psychological Foundations of Education

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CHANCE, FATE, AND FORTUITY

Chance favors only the prepared mind. ~ Louis Pasteur

Fate means merely that which is sure to come true, and can nohow be avoided. It is a superstition to suppose that a certain sort of events are ever fated, and it is another to suppose that the word fate can never be freed from its superstitious taint. We are all fated to die. ~ Charles Peirce, "How to Make Our Ideas Clear"

I cannot but think that to apperceive your pupil as a little sensitive, impulsive, associative, and reactive organism, partly fated and party free, will lead to a better intelligence of all his ways. ~ William James, Talks to Teachers

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