tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14312760.post5466642027606083188..comments2023-03-21T10:44:14.323-03:00Comments on Teachers that made a difference: VICTOR MERCANTE (1870–1934)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14312760.post-20977349445052861382009-04-03T12:47:00.000-03:002009-04-03T12:47:00.000-03:00I HAD NEVER HEARD OF VICTOR MERCANTE BEFORE BUT IT...I HAD NEVER HEARD OF VICTOR MERCANTE BEFORE BUT IT WAS VERY INTERSTING TO READ ABOUT HIM.<BR/>NAYLANAYLAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14312760.post-58109005760082610492009-03-10T15:53:00.000-02:002009-03-10T15:53:00.000-02:00Thanks for the interesting post - I had never hear...Thanks for the interesting post - I had never heard of Mercante before reading it. <BR/><BR/>I thought this quote was particularly prophetic: "He justified diversification by claiming that encyclopaedic knowledge was anachronisticin the face of scientific and technical advances." If only he had known!<BR/><BR/>Also, for those folks like me who don't speak Spanish, here's a link to what I'm pretty sure is the same article in English: http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:ZKrbKPOltVgJ:www.ibe.unesco.org/fileadmin/user_upload/archive/publications/ThinkersPdf/mercantee.PDF+Victor+Mercante&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=us&client=safari.Chloe Roothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08540229757478821706noreply@blogger.com