The School of Freedom: a Liberal Education Reader from Plato to the Present Day 9781845404192, 184540419X
Cover; Contents; Front matter; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Epigraph; Acknowledgements; Body matter; Foreword
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English Pages 334 pages Year 2013
Table of contents :
Cover
Contents
Front matter
Title page
Copyright page
Dedication
Epigraph
Acknowledgements
Body matter
Foreword: The Strange Death of Liberal Education
Introduction
Section One: Origins
I. Greece: Paideia
II. Rome: Humanitas
III. Christianity: Logos
Section Two: The British Tradition
IV: Against the Darkness
V. Twelfth-Century Revival
VI. New Learning: The Renaissance Humanists
VII. Persistence Through Enlightenment, Romanticism & Industrialisation
VIII. Restating the Ideal: Diligence and Devotion
IX. A Challenge from Science. X. The Twentieth Century: Liberal Education for AllXI. Worth Fighting For: Restatement in and after World War II
Section Three: After Tradition
XII. Losing Battles
XIII. Returning to First Principles
Section Four: Liberal Education Redux
XIV. Revival in America From World War I to Christian Classical Schooling
Back matter
Also available.
Cover
Contents
Front matter
Title page
Copyright page
Dedication
Epigraph
Acknowledgements
Body matter
Foreword: The Strange Death of Liberal Education
Introduction
Section One: Origins
I. Greece: Paideia
II. Rome: Humanitas
III. Christianity: Logos
Section Two: The British Tradition
IV: Against the Darkness
V. Twelfth-Century Revival
VI. New Learning: The Renaissance Humanists
VII. Persistence Through Enlightenment, Romanticism & Industrialisation
VIII. Restating the Ideal: Diligence and Devotion
IX. A Challenge from Science. X. The Twentieth Century: Liberal Education for AllXI. Worth Fighting For: Restatement in and after World War II
Section Three: After Tradition
XII. Losing Battles
XIII. Returning to First Principles
Section Four: Liberal Education Redux
XIV. Revival in America From World War I to Christian Classical Schooling
Back matter
Also available.
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