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Welcome @matt!

Matt Bateman is a philosopher & historian of education. He’s a cofounder of Guidepost Montessori, the world’s largest Montessori school network.

He has agreed to do an AMA for the /⁠books channel.

Reply with your questions (please make sure to tag him so he can easily find them)

Philosopher, dad. Formerly Guidepost Montessori. Web3 curious. https://nf.td/matt

Hi @matt , I'm back with another question.

You wrote an article on Montessori's quote that "all work is noble". 

> All work is noble; the only ignoble thing is to live without working. There is a need to realize the value of work in all its forms, whether manual or intellectual, to be called ‘mate’, to have a sympathetic understanding of all forms of activity.

I see her meaning that "working > not working" in all cases, but curious as to why you extend this to mean all work is equally noble?

That is, do you see the work (even on a task level) of a gangster just as noble as that of a banker, engineer, janitor, etc?

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Hi @matt , I'm back with another question.

You wrote an article on Montessori's quote that "all work is noble". 

> All work is noble; the only ignoble thing is to live without working. There is a need to realize the value of work in all its forms, whether manual or intellectual, to be called ‘mate’, to have a sympathetic understanding of all forms of activity.

I see her meaning that "working > not working" in all cases, but curious as to why you extend this to mean all work is equally noble?

That is, do you see the work (even on a task level) of a gangster just as noble as that of a banker, engineer, janitor, etc?

https://montessorium.com/blog/all-work-is-noble