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The meaning of a liberal education

The meaning of a liberal education

by Everett Dean Martin

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About this eBook

Author
Martin, Everett Dean, 1880-1941
Original Publication
United States: W. W. Norton & Co., 1926.
Credits
Carla Foust, Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
LC: Education: Special aspects of education
Subject
Education
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 75711
Release Date
March 25, 2025
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.THE MEANING OF A LIBERAL EDUCATION
  3. 3.Untitled
  4. 4.Untitled
  5. 5.Untitled
  6. 6.Untitled
  7. 7.PREFACE
  8. 8.CONTENTS
  9. 9.Untitled
  10. 10.CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
  11. 11.CHAPTER II LIBERAL EDUCATION VS. ANIMAL TRAINING
  12. 12.CHAPTER III LIBERAL EDUCATION VS. PROPAGANDA
  13. 13.CHAPTER IV LIBERAL EDUCATION VS. BOOK LEARNING
  14. 14.CHAPTER V THE EDUCATIONAL VALUE OF DOUBT
  15. 15.CHAPTER VI A MAN IS KNOWN BY THE DILEMMAS HE KEEPS
  16. 16.CHAPTER VII THE FREE SPIRIT
  17. 17.CHAPTER VIII THE APPRECIATION OF HUMAN WORTH
  18. 18.CHAPTER IX EDUCATION AND WORK
  19. 19.CHAPTER X EDUCATION AND MORALS
  20. 20.CHAPTER XI THE CLASSICAL TRADITION—PLATO AND ARISTOTLE
  21. 21.CHAPTER XII HUMANISM: ERASMUS AND MONTAIGNE
  22. 22.CHAPTER XIII SCIENCE AND SUPERSTITION—HUXLEY
  23. 23.CHAPTER XIV THE FRUIT OF THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE
  24. 24.CHAPTER XV—POSTSCRIPT ADULT EDUCATION IN AMERICA
  25. 25.Announcing THE NEW SCIENCE SERIES
  26. 26.Transcriber’s note

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