Wolfgang Ratke (also Ratchius or Wolfgang Ratich was a German educationist. He was born at Wilster, Holstein, and educated at the university of Rostock. His system of education was based upon Francis Bacon's philosophy, the principle being that of proceeding from things to names, from the particular to the general, and from the mother tongue to foreign languages. In 1618 he opened schools at Augsburg and elsewhere, … Wikipedia
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