Concept
Liberal education
Overview
type of education system or course
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They are used here as symbolic figures typical of antithetical notions. We consider Plato in the light of the type of culture he now inspires. In its essence a liberal education is an education for thought and for æsthetic appreciation. It proceeds by imparting a knowledge of the masterpieces of thought, of imaginative literature, and of art. The action which it contemplates is command. It is an aristocratic…
Alfred North Whitehead, The organisation of thought, educational and scientific
States what Liberal education is; names Liberal education twice.
In the inherited situation, there is a curious intermingling, in even the same study, of concession to usefulness and a survival of traits once exclusively attributed to preparation for leisure. The "utility" element is found in the motives assigned for the study, the "liberal" element in methods of teaching. The outcome of the mixture is perhaps less satisfactory than if either principle were adhered to in its…
John Dewey, Democracy and Education
Close in meaning to Liberal education; the term itself is not named.
While training for the profession of learning is regarded as the type of culture, or a liberal education, the training of a mechanic, a musician, a lawyer, a doctor, a farmer, a merchant, or a railroad manager is regarded as purely technical and professional. The result is that which we see about us everywhere—the division into “cultured” people and “workers,” the separation of theory and practice.
John Dewey, The school and society
Opens on Liberal education; names Liberal education.
Philosophers who discussed Liberal education
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Place in the tradition
Part of Humanism.