| Edition |
Expanded ed. |
| Description |
xxvii, 312 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
In this prize-winning book, Bruce Kimball provides a cogent study of the historical evolution of the idea of liberal education. Clearly and forcefully argued, the book portrays this evolution as a struggle between two contending points of view - one oratorical and the other philosophical - that have interacted, often controversially, from antiquity to the present. |
| Contents |
I. Introduction -- II. Foundation of the Artes Liberales -- III. Rise of the Philosophical Tradition in the High Middle Ages -- IV. Renaissance Humanists and Reformation Preachers -- V. Emergence of the Liberal-Free Ideal -- VI. Confrontation in America of the Oratorical and Philosophical Traditions -- VII. A Typology of Contemporary Discussion |
| Subject |
Education, Humanistic -- History.
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Learning and scholarship -- History.
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| ISBN |
0874475147 |
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9780874475142 |
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