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After defeat, nations reform their schools
After Napoleon crushed Prussia at Jena, Fichte's 'Addresses to the German Nation' called for national education. But his vision aimed at mobilization and German superiority.
Moses and Ezra stressed weakness, not superiority.
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Fichte called for an education that would form obedient subjects. The biblical model relies on individuals collaborating, and its heroes often stand up to human and even divine authority. Deuteronomy reminds Israel that it was chosen not for being great but while being small.
Bible reference: Deuteronomy 7:7
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 231–232
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