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Remarks on Education: Illustrating the Close Connection Between Virtue and Wisdom; To Which Is Annexed, a System of Liberal Education
Education that links virtue with wisdom, for a republic and its future.
This volume argues that a well-designed system of education should cultivate virtue and practical understanding alike, guiding minds toward public good and personal happiness.
The work surveys how wisdom and virtue may be connected, and what that means for how we educate from childhood through adulthood. It emphasizes the role of science, craft, and everyday knowledge in shaping able, thoughtful citizens who contribute to society. Read as a call to pair moral aims with practical instruction, it invites teachers, students, and policymakers to consider how education can extend beyond theory into daily life. Exposes core questions about whether wisdom and virtue are inherently linked and how education can influence that link. Outlines the aims of education as both forming character and expanding useful knowledge. Advocates blending theoretical learning with practical, hands-on instruction in science, agriculture, and crafts. Argues that education should inspire curiosity, improve public welfare, and strengthen civic life. Ideal for readers interested in the history of educational ideas, moral philosophy, and how education shapes a nation’s character and prosperity.
This volume argues that a well-designed system of education should cultivate virtue and practical understanding alike, guiding minds toward public good and personal happiness.
The work surveys how wisdom and virtue may be connected, and what that means for how we educate from childhood through adulthood. It emphasizes the role of science, craft, and everyday knowledge in shaping able, thoughtful citizens who contribute to society. Read as a call to pair moral aims with practical instruction, it invites teachers, students, and policymakers to consider how education can extend beyond theory into daily life. Exposes core questions about whether wisdom and virtue are inherently linked and how education can influence that link. Outlines the aims of education as both forming character and expanding useful knowledge. Advocates blending theoretical learning with practical, hands-on instruction in science, agriculture, and crafts. Argues that education should inspire curiosity, improve public welfare, and strengthen civic life. Ideal for readers interested in the history of educational ideas, moral philosophy, and how education shapes a nation’s character and prosperity.
94 pages, Paperback
Published October 12, 2018
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