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... kind of society which makes possible free thinking and honest teaching : a society in which respect for persons , fair play , and openness to criti- cism and discussion are deeply ingrained ? We can no longer pretend that education is ...
... kind of society which makes possible free thinking and honest teaching : a society in which respect for persons , fair play , and openness to criti- cism and discussion are deeply ingrained ? We can no longer pretend that education is ...
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... kind are without end . They are learned with difficulty and forgotten with ease . And they can be harmful as well as inconsequential , for lacking the schemes of significance that would order them naturally they litter rather than stock ...
... kind are without end . They are learned with difficulty and forgotten with ease . And they can be harmful as well as inconsequential , for lacking the schemes of significance that would order them naturally they litter rather than stock ...
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... kind , but it is a tremendously important kind and one in which every liberally educated student should acquire some facility . Moreover , it is perhaps the only kind that we can now explicitly teach , which is why we consider it alone ...
... kind , but it is a tremendously important kind and one in which every liberally educated student should acquire some facility . Moreover , it is perhaps the only kind that we can now explicitly teach , which is why we consider it alone ...
Contents
PART | 5 |
OBJECTIVITY VERSUS COMMITMENT | 30 |
FREEDOM VERSUS AUTHORITY | 59 |
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