num_pages: 228
description: Universities, in the early Middle Ages and now, are monuments to cultivation--monuments to the fact that complex, hidden things and issues do, in fact, exist, to be slowly exposed through a lifetime of patient, daily effort. This is the seat of the power of the university and the crux of its message as an institution as it actively forms a polarity to exigency and daily necessity-a contrast to what is obviously, hastily, conveniently perceived. A university exists to make known what can only be revealed by consistent, dedicated effort. Ultimately, a university exists in order to understand the things that are hidden from ordinary, casual view. This is a message that is subtly reinforced by all of the articles in this volume.
language: English
title: The Intellectual Climate of the Early University: Essays in Honor of Otto Gr|ndler
titlecomplete: The Intellectual Climate of the Early University: Essays in Honor of Otto Gr|ndler (Csds Research Report)
publisher: Medieval Institute Publications