The Idea Of A University by John Henry Newman
The book is a seminal work on higher education that explores the purpose, nature, and scope of a university's role in intellectual life. It presents a vision of university education as a place for cultivating the intellect and character, rather than merely a means to an end or a vocational training center. The author argues for the importance of liberal education, which provides a broad and holistic approach to learning, enabling students to develop their minds and moral sense. Through a series of discourses, the work defends the idea that the pursuit of knowledge for its own sake is valuable and that a university should be a community of thinkers, engaging in intellectual culture, and promoting academic discourse without succumbing to external pressures.
The 7171st greatest book of all time
- Published
- 1852
- Nationality
- British
- Type
- Nonfiction
- Pages
- Unknown
- Words
- 194,000
- Original Language
- English
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- Harold Bloom's The Western Canon (The Western Canon (Book) by Harold Bloom)