St. Augustine
By: Ryan Topping.
Series: Continuum library of educational thought
Publisher: Continuum International Pub. Group; Continuum
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780826426611
Subjects: Augustine, -- Saint, Bishop of Hippo; Education -- Philosophy -- History
Other titles: Saint Augustine
Description: "St Augustine is indisputably a major thinker in education. Ryan Topping's volume offers the most coherent account of St Augustine's educational thought. This work is divided into: 1 Intellectual Biography 2 Critical Explosion 3 Philosophical Reception and Relevance."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Intellectual biography; title: Approaching Augustine; title: Critical exposition; title: The aims of education; title: The art of the teacher; title: The matter of learning; title: The limits of instruction; title: Philosophical reception and relevance; title: Augustine and some philosophers of education; title: Augustine and the defence of liberal education.