A great books primer
Subtitle: essays on liberal education, the uses of discussion & rules for reading
Series: The Great books
Publisher: Great Books Foundation
Published: 1955
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: Before you begin; title: Rules of the game; title: An introductory note; title: Liberal education. Richard Livingstone: The free man's education ; John Henry Newman: A great but ordinary end ; Francis Bacon: Of studies ; T. S. Eliot: The sense of tradition ; Mortimer J. Adler: Adult education; title: The uses of discussion. The wisdom of Solomon: The care of discipline ; Jose Ortega y Gasset: Putting truth in checkmate ; Joseph Addison: Mr. Puzzle and Mr. Dry ; Samuel Johnson: The profit of conversation ; Michel de Montaigne: Of the art of conversing ; Plato: No greater evil ; William O. Douglas: One simple key ; John Stuart Mill: Liberty of discussion ; Mortimer J. Adler: Rules for reading; title: Ecclesiastes.