«I shall specifically repudiate -- argument based on etymology suggesting that, whatever the Latin origin of the English word 'education' may be, it has no direct bearing on what the word means today or what education should be. -- if ordinary usage were taken to be decisive in determining what, for example, constituted justice, we might be in considerable trouble. What people say using the word 'justice'- how they ordinarily use the word - naturally enough reflects or incorporates their various shortcomings, prejudices, and confusions ; ordinary language does indeed tell us what people think about a concept, but it does not necessarily provide us with a clear and coherent view of that concept.»
R. Barrow & R. Woods, An introduction to Philosophy of Education, 4th edition, London & New York, Routledge, 2006.
