[New Entry by Patrick Frierson on February 23, 2025.]
Maria Montessori (1870 – 1952) was one of the most influential pedagogues of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, developing an educational method that currently guides over 15,000 schools in dozens of countries. Montessori was never merely a teacher, however. She was a psychologist, anthropologist, doctor, cultural critic, and philosopher. Her writings span a wide range of philosophical issues, from metaphysics to political philosophy, but she always discusses philosophical issues in ways that make use of…

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