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Education and the Pursuit of Wisdom

The Aims of Education Revisited

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Produktbeschreibung

Education and the Pursuit of Wisdom examines the ways in which the timeless human search for wisdom relates to current educational practices. It challenges the current approach of an economically-driven system preparing students for the workplace, and instead discusses the importance of teaching wisdom in order to enrich the

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 272g
• ISBN-13: 9780367582753
• ISBN-10: 0367582759
• Artikelnr.: 69892063

Autorenporträt

J¿nis (John) T¿livaldis Ozoli¿ is Professor, College of Philosophy and Theology, University of Notre Dame Australia, former Professor of Philosophy at Australian Catholic University, Australia, and permanent Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, University of Latvia. He is Reviews Editor for Educational Philosophy and Theory.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
About the Author
Introduction
Chapter One: The Concept of Wisdom
Chapter Two: Augustine on wisdom and education
Chapter Three: Bonaventure's conception of wisdom
Chapter Four: Wisdom as aim of education in East and West
Chapter Five: Aquinas and wisdom as the aim of education
Chapter Six: Confucian heritage culture, education and wisdom
Chapter Seven: Cultivating the virtues in Mencius and Aquinas: East and
West compared
Chapter Eight: Newman and the idea of a university
Chapter Nine: Liberal arts, generic skills and the aims of education
Chapter Ten: A. D. Sertillanges on wisdom and the intellectual life
Chapter Eleven: Conclusion: Final thoughts
Index