A liberal education

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CONTENTS PREFACE vii I. INTRODUCTION 1 II. LIBERAL EDUCATION VERSUS ANIMAL TRAINING 23 III. LIBERAL EDUCATION VERSUS PROPA- GANDA 45 IV. LIBERAL EDUCATION VERSUS BOOK LEARNING 66 V. THE EDUCATIONAL VALUE OF DOUBT 84 VI. A MAN IS KNOWN BY THE DILEMMAS HE KEEPS 107 VII. THE FREE SPIRIT 127 VIII. THE APPRECIATION OF HUMAN WORTH 146 IX. EDUCATION AND WORK 160 X. EDUCATION AND MORALS 180 XI. THE CLASSICAL TRADITION: PLATO AND ARISTOTLE 197 XII. HUMANISM: ERASMUS AND MONTAIGNE 220 XIII. SCIENCE AND SUPERSTITION: HUXLEY 252 XIV. THE FRUIT OF THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE 286 XV. POSTSCRIPT--ADULT EDUCATION IN AMERICA 308