St Augustine [Hardcover]

St Augustine is indisputably a major thinker in education. Ryan Topping's volume offers the most coherent account of St Augustine's educational thought. This work is divided into:

Series Editor's Preface
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations

Part 1: Intellectual Biography
1 Approaching Augustine
Part 2: Critical Explosion
2 The Aims of Education
3 The Art of the Teacher
4 The Matter of Liberal Education
5 The Limits of Education
Part 3: Philosophical Reception and Relevance
6 Augustine and Some Philosophers of Education
7 St. Augustine and the Defense of Liberal Education

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Index

Series Editor's Preface \ Foreword \ Acknowledgments \ Abbreviations \ Part 1: 1. Intellectual Biography \ Approaching Augustine \ Part 2: Critical Exposition \ 2. The Aims of Education \ 3. The Art of the Teacher \ 4. The Matter of Liberal Education \ 5. The Limits to Education \ Part 3: Philosophical Reception and Relevance \ 6. Augustine and Some Philosophers of Education \ St. Augustine and The Defense of Liberal Education \ Select Bibliography \ Index