Zacharias Joachim Cleve

Zacharias Joachim Cleve (December 3, 1820 – January 20, 1900) was a Finnish pedagogue and philosopher.

He served as an assistant professor of education and didactics (kasvatus- ja opetusoppi) at the University of Helsinki from 1862 to 1882.

Cleve was born in Rantasalmi to vicar Joachim Adolf and Juliana Aminoff.

In 1854 he wrote a book on pedagogy Försök till lärobok i psykologi.

According to him this principled autonomy enabled it to be useful without being an instrument for organizing power or managing mindsets.