Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.”
- Source
- The Republic
- Date
- 4th century BCE
- Local voice
- Dialogue speaker · Socrates
- English wording
- Benjamin Jowett — Translator · from Ancient Greek
Meaning of “Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no…”
Learning forced without engagement may fail to become durable understanding because the learner has not made the knowledge intellectually their own.
Where does it come from?
The Republic, Book VII, Jowett translation; Socrates argues that education should draw the mind rather than rely only on compulsion.
Why the local voice matters
Socrates says this in Republic, Book VII, while arguing that childhood learning should not be imposed as servile compulsion.
