Download or read book An Encouragement of Learning written by Yukichi Fukuzawa and published by Tokyo : Sophia University. This book was released on 1969 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The intellectual and social theorist Yukichi Fukuzawa wrote An Encouragement of Learning (1872?1876) as a series of pamphlets as he completed his critical masterpiece, An Outline of a Theory of Civilization (1875). Closely linked, the two texts illustrate the core tenets of Fukuzawa's theoretical outlook: freedom and equality as inherent to human nature, independence as the goal of any individual and nation, and the transformation of the Japanese mind as key to moving forward in a rapidly evolving political and cultural landscape.