Choose Your Mentors
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Plato
428-348 BCE
Known for
Philosopher, founder of the Academy, author of The Republic
Seek truth and justice: Ascend from the shadows with the wisdom of Plato.
From: The Wisdom of Plato
145 mentor adoptions
Mary Wollstonecraft
Known for
Virtue requires reason, and reason requires education—for all people equally.
From: Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13: Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers
105 mentor adoptions
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
1712-1778
Known for
Philosopher of the social contract, education, and natural man
Discover your natural self: championing freedom, equality, and the social contract.
From: The Wisdom of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
30 mentor adoptions
Helen Keller
Known for
The main character, a deaf and blind girl who overcomes her disabilities through education.
From: The Story of My Life: With her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, by John Albert Macy
24 mentor adoptions
Alexander Graham Bell
19th century America/Canada
Known for
Inventor of the telephone and tireless advocate for deaf education
When one door closes, another opens—but we often look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened
From: The Story of My Life: With her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, by John Albert Macy
18 mentor adoptions