Question

i want the meaning of this thought
the mind is not a vessel to be filled,but a fire to be kindled

Answer 1

this quote motivates one toward originalitu and instills the desire for truth.suppose someone were to go and ask his neigbhors for fire and find a substantial blaze there,and just stay there continually warming himself .that is no different from someone who goes to someone else to get some of his rationalityand falls to realizethat he ought to ignite his own flame,his own intellect,but is happy to sit entranced by the lecture and the words trigger only associative thnking and bring,as it were,only a flush to his cheeks and a glow to his limbs