这本书eloquent defense of a liberal education which is perhaps the most timeless of all Newman's boks and certainly the one most intellectually accessible to readers of every religious faith and of none .
shaping the whole individual
resonance of truth
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1、primary purpose
intellectual/pedagogical
teaching universal knowledge
the diffusion扩散 and extension of knowledge rather than the advancement
2、relation between a unversity and authourity
on the ground of human reason and human wisdom, people oriented,不使学校成为权威的工具,
Maintain the independence of the school in the ideology
3 the ranging of teaching
universal/ all branches od knowledge for the world .
incosistent with restricitons of any kind .
4\ the relationshipn between an individual and the range of his knowledge
narrowness leads to obstinacy 狭隘的知识面会导致自己的狂妄自大
5、personal infulence of teachers on pupils
positive interaction.
physical science is in a certain sence atheistic ,for the very reason iti s not theology
物理学科的独立!
a unibersit training is the great ordinary means to a great but ordinary end ; it aims at raising the intellectual tone of society
it is the education which gives a man a clear consicous view of his own opinions and judgments ,a truth in developing them ,an eloquence in expressing them ,and a force in urging them .
a liberal education doesmai=nifest itself in a courtesy ,propriety and polish of word and action
birng the mind into form
大学在改革的世界中的角色
在以职业为导向的高等教育全面兴盛的同时,人文教育同样具有一如既往的一致性as consitent as ever
重在培养人的阐释interpretation能力
为的是寻求意义meaning以及理解我们周围的世界
高等教育最为关注的是远见卓识
long view
现在的教育 ignores that some things are not about facts but about understanding and meaning .