1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996383572103316

Autore

Conway John, Sir, <d. 1603.>

Titolo

[Meditations and praiers, gathered out of the sacred letters, and vertuous writers: disposed in fourme of the alphabet of the queene maiesties name. Whereunto are added comfortable consolations.] [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[London, : H. Wykes, [1569?]]

Descrizione fisica

[280] p

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title page lacking; title and imprint from STC.

Includes 3 sets of prayers beginning with the letters: Elizabeth regina--STC.

Running title reads: The posye of flowred prayers.

Cf. Folger catalogue, which gives signatures: *-2*⁴, A-Z⁴, 2A-2K⁴.

Imperfect; lacks all before leaf A1 and all after leaf 2E1.

Reproduction of the original in the Cambridge University Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0021



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782536303321

Titolo

The knowledge most worth having / / editor, Wayne C. Booth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , 1967

ISBN

1-281-95917-0

9786611959173

0-226-06570-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (xi, 212 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

BoothWayne C

Disciplina

370.11

370.8

370/.8

Soggetti

Education

Education, Humanistic

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A publication of the seventy-fifth anniversary year of the University of Chicago."

"Papers ... delivered at a five-day liberal arts conference sponsored by the undergraduate College of the University of Chicago."

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- IS THERE ANY KNOWLEDGE THAT A MAN MUST HAVE? -- RETURNING COALS TO NEWCASTLE -- THE INSTRUMENTS OF MENTAL PRODUCTION -- A TRANSATLANTIC VIEW OF "WHAT KNOWLEDGE IS WORTH HAVING" -- UNDERGRADUATES AND THE SCIENTIFIC ENTERPRISE -- DIVERSITY -- EDUCATION AND THE CONTEMPORARY WOMAN -- PLATONIC EDUCATION -- THE BATTLE OF THE BOOKS -- THE ROLE OF A LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE WITHIN A UNIVERSITY

Sommario/riassunto

The Knowledge Most Worth Having represents the essence of education at the University of Chicago-faculty and students grappling with key intellectual questions that span the humanities, while still acknowledging the need to acquire a depth of knowledge in one's chosen field. The papers collected here were delivered during an often-heated conference at the university in 1966, and include contributions from such scholars as Northrop Frye, Richard McKeon, and, of course, the dean of the college, Wayne Booth himself. Taken as a whole, they



present a passionate defense of liberal education, one that remains highly relevant today.