The pursuit of wisdom and happiness in education : historical sources and contemplative practices / / Sean Steel ; cover image courtesy of Amber Homeniuk
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Steel Sean <1972->
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| Titolo: |
The pursuit of wisdom and happiness in education : historical sources and contemplative practices / / Sean Steel ; cover image courtesy of Amber Homeniuk
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| Pubblicazione: | Albany, New York : , : State University of New York Press, , 2014 |
| ©2014 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (364 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 370.1 |
| Soggetto topico: | Education - Philosophy |
| Knowledge, Theory of | |
| Happiness | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | HomeniukAmber |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Stating the Problem: The Loss of Wisdom in the Modern World""; ""2. Aristotle�s Understanding of Wisdom and Wisdom�s Pursuit""; ""On Distinguishing Sophia and Phronesis""; ""On Accusations against Sophia""; ""On Phronesis as the “Mastercraft�""; ""On The Divine and Political Ends of Sophia and Phronesis""; ""Aristotle�s Warnings Against Instructing Youth in the Pursuit of Phronesis""; ""Aristotle�s Warnings against Instructions Leading Youth in the Pursuit of Sophia"" |
| ""Perplexities concerning Phronesis and Sophia and their Value in Education""""On the Relationship between the Moral Virtues and Phronesis as It Relates to Education""; ""On Pleasure in Relation to Theoria and Wisdom�s Pursuit""; ""On the Accessibility of Theoria in Education""; ""On the Connection between Wisdom and Happiness""; ""Aristotle�s Rejection of Play in the Pursuit of Wisdom""; ""The Contemplative Life and the Pursuit of Wisdom as True Happiness in Education?""; ""On Education as Immortalization"" | |
| ""3. Boethius: The Relevance of Philosophy and the Need for a Wisdom Atmosphere in Education""""Introduction: What does Philosophy Matter in the Lives of Students?""; ""To See or Not to See? That Is the Question""; ""Boethius and True Philosophy""; ""Philosophizing and a “Wisdom Atmosphere�?""; ""The Consolation of Philosophy for a Small Boy in a Small Town?""; ""Boethius and “The Feeling� of Intelligence""; ""4. Moses Maimonides�s Warnings against the Pursuit of Wisdom in Schools""; ""Maimonides on Why Mass Education of the Youth Should NOT Include Philosophy"" | |
| ""A Defense of Philosophizing with Young People""""Maimonides on Wisdom and Tradition""; ""5. Thomas Aquinas and the Gift of Wisdom""; ""Happiness as the Ultimate End for Human Beings""; ""Gradations of Happiness?""; ""On the Moral Virtues""; ""On the Intellectual Virtues and Their Relation to the Moral Virtues""; ""On Wisdom and Its Relation to the Other Intellectual Virtues""; ""Wisdom as Intellectual Virtue versus Wisdom as Infused Gift?""; ""On Wisdom as a Gift: The Larger Context""; ""The Gift of Wisdom in Public Education"" | |
| ""Attention to the Nature of Wisdom as a Gift Is Integral to True Education""""Pursuing Wisdom: A Medieval Perspective on the Contemplative Life""; ""Contemplation and Bloom�s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives""; ""Pursuing Wisdom: The Need for Schole and the Dangers of Akedia""; ""Teaching and the Contemplative Life""; ""6. “Forget about Wisdom! Let�s Innovate!� A Critique of Current Trends in Education Reform""; ""7. The Same Old Story: A History Lesson with St. Augustine about Education Reform""; ""On Education as a “Trifling Game�"" | |
| ""On Modern Education and Ancient Sophistry"" | |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The pursuit of wisdom and happiness in education |
| ISBN: | 1-4384-5214-4 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910818230203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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