The Great Conversation by Robert Maynard Hutchins
The Substance of a Liberal Education
This book argues that Western intellectual life is best understood as an ongoing conversation among great thinkers across the ages, and it calls for a liberal education centered on reading and discussing the primary texts that address enduring questions about truth, justice, beauty and the good life; it critiques modern specialized, vocational schooling and champions close engagement with canonical works so students learn to think critically, connect ideas across disciplines, and participate in the civic and moral life of a democratic society.
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- 1952
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