What we're learning in our schools is not the wisdom of life. We're learning technologies, we're getting information. There's a curious reluctance on the part of faculties to indicate the life values of their subjects.
Joseph CampbellAbout author
- Author's profession: Author
- Nationality: american
- Born: March 26, 1904
- Died: October 31, 1987
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