From Aristotle, Avicenna and Confucius to Paulo Freire, Ivan Illich and Julius Nyerere, these essays present 100 figures who have left their mark on educational thought. This book not only opens the mind to different cultures and historical periods, but also reflects a search for the universal that transcends time and space. Four volumes extracted from "Prospects", a UNESCO authoritative quarterly journal of comparative education.Also available in the Studies in Comparative Education series