The Great Tradition
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The Great Tradition

Classic Readings on What It Means to Be an Educated Human Being

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The Great Tradition

Classic Readings on What It Means to Be an Educated Human Being

About this book

Frustrated with the continuing educational crisis of our time, concerned parents, teachers, and students sense that true reform requires more than innovative classroom technology, standardized tests, or skills training. An older tradition—the Great Tradition—of education in the West is waiting to be heard. Since antiquity, the Great Tradition has defined education first and foremost as the hard work of rightly ordering the human soul, helping it to love what it ought to love, and helping it to know itself and its maker. In the classical and Christian tradition, the formation of the soul in wisdom, virtue, and eloquence took precedence over all else, including instrumental training aimed at the inculcation of "useful" knowledge. Edited by historian Richard Gamble, this anthology reconstructs a centuries-long conversation about the goals, conditions, and ultimate value of true education. Spanning more than two millennia, from the ancient Greeks to contemporary writers, it includes substantial excerpts from more than sixty seminal writings on education. Represented here are the wisdom and insight of such figures as Xenophon, Plato, Aristotle, Seneca, Cicero, Basil, Augustine, Hugh of St. Victor, Bonaventure, Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, John Calvin, Erasmus, Edmund Burke, John Henry Newman, Thomas Arnold, Albert Jay Nock, Dorothy Sayers, C. S. Lewis, and Eric Voegelin. In an unbroken chain of giving and receiving, The Great Tradition embraced the accumulated wisdom of the past and understood education as the initiation of students into a body of truth. This unique collection is designed to help parents, students, and teachers reconnect with this noble legacy, to articulate a coherent defense of the liberal arts tradition, and to do battle with the modern utilitarians and vocationalists who dominate educational theory and practice.

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Information

Publisher
Regnery Gateway
Year
2023
Print ISBN
9781935191568
eBook ISBN
9781684516216
Topic
Education
Subtopic
Inclusive Education

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Introduction
  6. 1. Plato
  7. 2. Xenophon
  8. 3. Isocrates
  9. 4. Aristotle
  10. 5. Cicero
  11. 6. Vitruvius
  12. 7. Seneca
  13. 8. Quintilian
  14. 9. Tacitus
  15. 10. Plutarch
  16. 11. Philo
  17. 12. Clement of Alexandria
  18. 13. Origen
  19. 14. Basil the Great
  20. 15. John Chrysostom
  21. 16. Jerome
  22. 17. Augustine
  23. 18. Cassiodorus
  24. 19. Gregory the Great
  25. 20. Alcuin
  26. 21. Rhabanus Maurus
  27. 22. Hugh of ST. Victor
  28. 23. John of Salisbury
  29. 24. Thomas Aquinas
  30. 25. Bonaventure
  31. 26. Petrarch
  32. 27. Pier Paolo Vergerio
  33. 28. Christine de Pizan
  34. 29. Leonardo Bruni
  35. 30. Aeneas Silvius
  36. 31. Erasmus
  37. 32. Martin Luther
  38. 33. Ulrich Zwingli
  39. 34. Juan Luis Vives
  40. 35. Thomas Elyot
  41. 36. Philip Melanchthon
  42. 37. Johann Sturm
  43. 38. John Calvin
  44. 39. Roger Ascham
  45. 40. The Society of Jesus
  46. 41. John Milton
  47. 42. Giambattista Vico
  48. 43. Edmund Burke
  49. 44. Edward Copleston
  50. 45. Thomas Arnold
  51. 46. John Henry Newman
  52. 47. Irving Babbitt
  53. 48. Paul Elmer More
  54. 49. A. G. Sertillanges
  55. 50. Albert Jay Nock
  56. 51. Simone Weil
  57. 52. C. S. Lewis
  58. 53. Dorothy Sayers
  59. 54. T. S. Eliot
  60. 55. Christopher Dawson
  61. 56. Michael Oakeshott
  62. 57. Eric Voegelin
  63. Sources and Permissions
  64. About the Author
  65. Copyright