...RADICALLY FREE ! LIBERTARIAN !
Libertarian is of course strongly associated with anarchism — "anar," as we say. However, Térence does not define himself as such, if only because of his background as a teacher. It's certainly an unconventional path, but one that required him to compromise with the French National Education system.
Should we capitalize it?
On the other hand, calling oneself a libertarian means aspiring to that freedom which has always been lacking in human societies, which has always been trampled and repressed — and is even more so today than ever before. This is true even if the masses have not yet become aware of the insane New World Order project that criminal psychopaths — those who hold the reins of money, control information, and manipulate governments — seek to impose.
It was only upon reaching retirement that Térence truly realized he had been a libertarian teacher throughout his entire career. He has therefore chosen to highlight here the now largely forgotten work of three great educators from the 19th and 20th centuries: Sébastien Faure, Francisco Ferrer, and Paul Robin, as well as the work of that towering writer, Octave Mirbeau — an author the "Republic's school" carefully avoids teaching.
These exceptional pedagogical experiments and this profoundly humane literary work should inspire us, even if their advocacy of rationalism seems, at first glance, to contradict what this website promotes regarding the spiritual development of the child. For Térence, this is only an apparent contradiction, since in any educational initiative, what must come first is a deep sense of humanity and the full blossoming of the individual.
These pages were written many years ago, when Térence studied the works of these three educators and read Octave Mirbeau's writings with great passion.
Three Libertarian Pedagogues
Sébastien Faure Francisco Ferrer Paul Robin
A Defender of the Child in the 19th Century
