The ultimate end of education is happiness or a good human life, a lif…

Mortimer Adler
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The ultimate end of education is happiness or a good human life, a life enriched by the possession of every kind of good, by the enjoyment of every type of satisfaction. ✨ Mortimer Jerome Adler (1977). Reforming Education: The Schooling of a People and Their Education Beyond Schooling, Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press
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