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The pursuit of wisdom and happiness in education : historical sources and contemplative practices /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Albany, New York :
State University of New York Press,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Stating the Problem: The Loss of Wisdom in the Modern World; 2. Aristotle's Understanding of Wisdom and Wisdom's Pursuit; On Distinguishing Sophia and Phronesis; On Accusations against Sophia; On Phronesis as the "Mastercraft"; On The Divine and Political Ends of Sophia and Phronesis; Aristotle's Warnings Against Instructing Youth in the Pursuit of Phronesis; Aristotle's Warnings against Instructions Leading Youth in the Pursuit of Sophia; Perplexities concerning Phronesis and Sophia and their Value in Education.
- On the Relationship between the Moral Virtues and Phronesis as It Relates to EducationOn Pleasure in Relation to Theoria and Wisdom's Pursuit; On the Accessibility of Theoria in Education; On the Connection between Wisdom and Happiness; Aristotle's Rejection of Play in the Pursuit of Wisdom; The Contemplative Life and the Pursuit of Wisdom as True Happiness in Education?; On Education as Immortalization; 3. Boethius: The Relevance of Philosophy and the Need for a Wisdom Atmosphere in Education; Introduction: What does Philosophy Matter in the Lives of Students?
- To See or Not to See? That Is the QuestionBoethius and True Philosophy; Philosophizing and a "Wisdom Atmosphere"?; The Consolation of Philosophy for a Small Boy in a Small Town?; Boethius and "The Feeling" of Intelligence; 4. Moses Maimonides's Warnings against the Pursuit of Wisdom in Schools; Maimonides on Why Mass Education of the Youth Should NOT Include Philosophy; A Defense of Philosophizing with Young People; Maimonides on Wisdom and Tradition; 5. Thomas Aquinas and the Gift of Wisdom; Happiness as the Ultimate End for Human Beings; Gradations of Happiness?; On the Moral Virtues.
- On the Intellectual Virtues and Their Relation to the Moral VirtuesOn Wisdom and Its Relation to the Other Intellectual Virtues; Wisdom as Intellectual Virtue versus Wisdom as Infused Gift?; On Wisdom as a Gift: The Larger Context; The Gift of Wisdom in Public Education; Attention to the Nature of Wisdom as a Gift Is Integral to True Education; Pursuing Wisdom: A Medieval Perspective on the Contemplative Life; Contemplation and Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives; Pursuing Wisdom: The Need for Schole and the Dangers of Akedia; Teaching and the Contemplative Life.
- 6. "Forget about Wisdom! Let's Innovate!" A Critique of Current Trends in Education Reform7. The Same Old Story: A History Lesson with St. Augustine about Education Reform; On Education as a "Trifling Game"; On Modern Education and Ancient Sophistry; 8. The Problem of Introducing Schole into Schools Today; Why It's Hard to Mandate a Space for Schole; On the Problem of Celebration in Schole; On "Free Time" and Our Modern Inability to Conceive of the Meaning of Schole; A Defense of Schole in Education from These Three Objections.