1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910973099803321

Autore

Stem Rex

Titolo

The political biographies of Cornelius Nepos / / Rex Stem

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , 2012

ISBN

9780472028481

0472028480

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Disciplina

938.0099

Soggetti

Biographers

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-257) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Chapter 1. Nepos and His Corpus""; ""Chapter 2. Nepos among His Contemporaries""; ""Chapter 3. Nepos the Political Biographer""; ""Chapter 4. Nepos the Exemplary Biographer""; ""Chapter 5. From Political History to Exemplary Political Biography""; ""Conclusion: Readership and Relevance""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index Locorum""; ""Index of Modern Scholars""; ""General Index""

Sommario/riassunto

The book on Cornelius Nepos.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910971649303321

Titolo

Beyond liberal education : essays in honour of Paul H. Hirst / / edited by Robin Barrow and Patricia White

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1993

ISBN

1-134-87160-0

1-134-87161-9

1-280-33105-4

0-203-30482-9

0-203-03178-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HirstPaul Heywood

BarrowRobin

WhitePatricia <1937->

Disciplina

370/.1

Soggetti

Education - Philosophy

Education, Humanistic

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; BEYOND LIBERAL EDUCATION: Essays in honour of Paul H.Hirst; Copyright; CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 GOOD TEACHING; 2 TRUTH AND LIBERAL EDUCATION; 3 LIBERAL EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL PREPARATION; 4 PAUL HIRST'S STRUCTURE, OR, THE USES AND ABUSES OF AN OVERWORKED CONCEPT; 5 THE CURRICULUM: THE TIMELESS AND THE TIME-BOUND; 6 CURRICULUM AND THE MIRROR OF NOWLEDGE; 7 MORAL AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: HIRST'S PERCEPTION OF THEIR SCOPE AND RELATIONSHIP; 8 WITTGENSTEIN'S SPECULATIVE AESTHETICS IN ITS ETHICAL CONTEXT; 9 THE ARTS, WELL-BEING AND EDUCATION

10 EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICESBIBLIOGRAPHY OF WRITINGS BY P.H. HIRST; BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WRITINGS MAKING CRITICAL REFERENCE TO THE WORK OF P.H. HIRST; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This collection of essays by philosophers and educationalists of international reputation, all published here for the first time, celebrates



Paul Hirst's professional career. The introductory essay by Robin Barrow and Patricia White outlines Paul Hirst's career and maps the shifts in his thought about education, showing how his views on teacher education, the curriculum and educational aims are interrelated. Contributions from leading names in British and American philosophy of education cover themes ranging from the nature of good teaching to Wittgensteinian aesthetics. The collection conclud