Docilitas: On Teaching and Being Taught

Docilitas: On Teaching and Being Taught

by James V. Schall S.J.
Docilitas: On Teaching and Being Taught

Docilitas: On Teaching and Being Taught

by James V. Schall S.J.

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ISBN-13: 9781587311826
Publisher: St. Augustine's Press
Publication date: 08/20/2016
Edition description: 1
Pages: 192
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

James V. Schall, s.j., is a Professor Emeritus from Georgetown University. He currently resides in Los Gatos, California. He has a Master’s Degree in Philosophy from Gonzaga University, a Doctoral Degree in Political Philosophy from Georgetown University, and a Master’s Degree in Sacred Theology from Santa Clara University. He has written widely in academic and opinion journals. His books include Another Sort of Learning, The Life of the Mind, Remembering Belloc, and On the Unseriousness of Human Affairs.

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements Introduction Knowledge Is Not “Owned” Chapter 1 Patron Saint of Teachers Chapter 2 Intellectual Resources Chapter 3 On Teaching Chapter 4 Why Professors Need Students and Other Fables Chapter 5 Questions Proper to the University Chapter 6 The Reading Room Chapter 7 On the Highest Good Chapter 8 Reading without Learning Chapter 9 What Makes “Liberal” Education “Liberal”? Chapter 10 Aquinas and the Life of the Mind Chapter 11 What Must I Read to Be Saved? Chapter 12 Seneca on Personal Libraries Chapter 13 On the Uselessness of Philosophers Chapter 14 But What Is a Book? Chapter 15 On Learning from Not Having Learned Chapter 16 Docilitas Conclusion “On Fixing Our Gaze” Appendix Fifteen Books To Be Taught By
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