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Geert Groote, also known as Gerhard Groet, was a religious Dutch Catholic deacon who founded the Brethren of Common Life. He was born in the Hanseatic city of Deventer, where his father held a good civic position. Being born into a rich family, he received an excellent education. He studied at the University of Paris, where he earned a Master of Arts degree. He later taught at Cologne and Paris, but at the age of 34,
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Gerard Groote turns reform inward, insisting that conscience, education, and disciplined moral life must stand independent of corrupt authority. By rejecting coercion and privilege in favor of voluntary restraint and ethical accountability, he offers a quiet but enduring insight for free societies: liberty grows where individuals govern themselves before seeking to govern others.