The well-educated mind
Subtitle: a guide to the classical education you never had
By: Susan Wise Bauer
Edition: Updated and expanded.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 510
ISBN-13: 9780393080964
Subjects: Books and reading; Reading; Literature; Humanistic Education; Best books; Self-culture; History and criticism
Description: "The enduring and engaging guide to educating yourself in the classical tradition."--Amazon.com.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Beginning: preparing for classical education; title: Chapter 1. Training your own mind: the classical education you never had; title: Chapter 2. Wrestling with books: the act of reading; title: Chapter 3. Keeping the journal: a written record of new ideas; title: Chapter 4. Starting to read: final preparations; title: Part II. Reading: jumping into the great conversation; title: Chapter 5. The story of people: reading through history with the novel; title: Chapter 6. The story of me: autobiography and memoir; title: Chapter 7. The story of the past: the tales of historians (and politicians); title: Chapter 8. The world stage: reading through history with drama; title: Chapter 9. History refracted: the poets and their poems; title: Chapter 10. The cosmic story: understanding the Earth, the skies, and ourselves.