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"We were teaching kids to read, ethics, morals, long before we had PhDs." I think I'd like some evidence for that.
by mcguire 6y ago
"We were teaching kids to read, ethics, morals, long before we had PhDs."
I think I'd like some evidence for that.
- yTh0 6y agoThe first PhD was awarded in France in 1150 CE. Ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and even Pre-Columbus America had complex cultural customs, art, math, engineering, medicine, language they handed down generationally. University as we know it is a relic of Medieval European tradition.
- mcguire 6y agoI've seen the literacy rate of medieval Europe estimated at 10%. Ethics and morals were being taught roughly the same way they are now: you believe what your parents believed. Medieval medicine was being taught from translations of Arabic copies of Galen.
- read_if_gay_ 6y agoIs that not obvious? Via the ancient Greek schools of philosophy for example?
- mcguire 6y agoIIUC, the literacy rate was for most of the Mediterranean world was around 20%, specifically excluding slaves and women. Which is pretty high, actually. The Greek schools of philosophy were taught by the equivalent of PhDs.