Happiness and wisdom : Augustine's early theology of education

Happiness and wisdom : Augustine's early theology of education /

"Immediately after his baptism Augustine set out to produce a Christianized version of the ancient liberal arts curriculum. By an ordered sequence of contemplation, moving from linguistic to mathematically based disciplines, Augustine suggested that study in the liberal arts could render the mi...

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Main Author: Topping, Ryan N. S. (Ryan Nathan Scott), 1977-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Augustine, > of Hippo, Saint, > 354-430.
Augustine, > of Hippo, Saint, > 354-430
Education, Higher > Philosophy.
Education, Humanistic.
EDUCATION > Philosophy & Social Aspects.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > General.
Education, Higher > Philosophy
Education, Humanistic
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Table of Contents:
  • Liberal education prior to St. Augustine
  • Education in Augustine's moral theology
  • Perils of skepticism
  • Liberal arts curriculum
  • Pedagogy and liberal learning
  • Authority and illumination
  • Purposes of liberal education.

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