Some Thoughts Concerning Education: Including of the Conduct of the Understanding - Couverture souple

Locke, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0486455513 ISBN 13 : 9780486455518

Editeur : Dover Publications Inc., 2007

Synopsis

Some Thoughts Concerning Education The work of one of England's greatest philosophers, this 1693 manual is the source of many current educational theories and practices. Detailed and comprehensive, it ranges from the ineffectiveness of physical punishment to the best methods of teaching foreign languages and table manners. Full description

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Some Thoughts Concerning Education is a 1693 treatise on the education of gentlemen written by the English philosopher John Locke. For over a century, it was the most important philosophical work on education in England. It was translated into almost all of the major written European languages during the eighteenth century, and nearly every European writer on education after Locke, including Jean-Jacques Rousseau, acknowledged its influence.
In his Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1690), Locke outlined a new theory of mind, contending that the gentleman's mind was a tabula rasa or "blank slate"; that is, it did not contain any innate ideas. Some Thoughts Concerning Education explains how to educate that mind using three distinct methods: the development of a healthy body; the formation of a virtuous character; and the choice of an appropriate academic curriculum.
Locke wrote the letters that would eventually become Some Thoughts for an aristocratic friend, but his advice had a broader appeal since his educational principles allowed commoners to think they could acquire the same kind of character as the aristocrats for whom Locke originally intended the work.
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'The text now published, essentially the expanded third edition, is very unlikely ever to be superseded ... Readers seeking the perfect text of Locke's book will find it here.' Times Literary Supplement

'As befits their standing in the Locke community, the Yoltons have also given us a beautifully prepared text ... Again the text is presented with model clarity ... the Yoltons clearly recognize that finally having a good edition of this very important Lockean piece far outweighs the value of any introduction.' Richard Kroll, University of California, Irvine

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Dover Publications Inc.
• Date d'édition: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0486455513
• ISBN 13: 9780486455518
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 288