Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 21

[cahn]

Much slower because of world-events/Life-in-general/Yuletide/holidays, but still going!

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Comments

Re: Early Education

[felis]

He had hated having to learn Latin, Greek and Roman history, dancing etc. - let's not forget his mother's biography informed me Tiny Terror FW danced ballet in in public to his grandmother's delight! -, so he thought he'd spare his son(s) this and that they'd be happy about it and grateful, as he himself would have been.

Hee, did not know the ballet detail, but otherwise, yes, and in the same vein, I also noted the instruction that morals should always be taught through examples and short maxims, because this "won't cause disgust or frustration, unlike extensive systems of ethics and morality". Which tells you something about the way FW liked to learn things and about his assumptions regarding the way Fritz' mind would and should work.

Re: Early Education

[mildred_of_midgard]

Ballet anecdote here, which is a write-up I see we need to get into rheinsberg.

Re: Early Education

[selenak]

Done!