Idea of the University A Reexamination

Name: Idea of the University A Reexamination
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ISBN: 9780300058345

ISBN-10: 0300058349

ISBN-13: 9780300058345

Edition: N/A

Authors: Jaroslav Pelikan

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List price: $30.00
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 2/23/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 0.62" wide x 0.93" long x 0.07" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Leon Horsten is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Bristol, UK.



Preface



In Dialogue with John Henry Newman



The Storm Breaking upon the University: The University in Crisis



Pushing Things up to Their First Principles



Knowledge Its Own End?



The Imperial Intellect and Its Virtues



The Mansion-House of the Goodly Family of the Sciences



The Business of a University



The Advancement of Knowledge through Research



The Extension of Knowledge through Teaching



Knowledge Viewed in Relation to Professional Skill



The Embalming of Dead Genius?



The Diffusion of Knowledge through Publishing



Duties to Society



The University as Ground of Promise in the Future



The University and the Spread of Revolutionary Doctrines



The Task of Initiating a Work of Self-Reformation



Alma Mater: A Life of Learning



The Idea of the University in Scholarly Literature


Notes


Works Cited and Consulted


Index