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They advocate teaching reasoning by means of a directed reading list of [[| great books]], supplemented with minimally-directed discussions using the [socratic method]?. |
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They advocate teaching reasoning by means of a directed reading list of [great books], supplemented with minimally-directed discussions using the [socratic method]?. |
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They freely acknowledge that any selection of [[| great books]] will disagree about many topics, but see this as an advantage. They believe that the student must learn to recognize such disagreements, which often reflect real diagreements between persons. Then, hardest of all, the student must actually think about the disagreements and reach a reasoned, defensible conclusion. This is a major goal of the socratic discussions. They do not advocate teaching a settled scholarly interpretation of the great books, because this cheats the student of an opportunity to learn rational criticism and to know his own mind. Also, possibly it cheats humanity of brilliant insights brought by new minds. |
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They freely acknowledge that any selection of [great books] will disagree about many topics, but see this as an advantage. They believe that the student must learn to recognize such disagreements, which often reflect real diagreements between persons. Then, hardest of all, the student must actually think about the disagreements and reach a reasoned, defensible conclusion. This is a major goal of the socratic discussions. They do not advocate teaching a settled scholarly interpretation of the great books, because this cheats the student of an opportunity to learn rational criticism and to know his own mind. Also, possibly it cheats humanity of brilliant insights brought by new minds. |
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Religious perennialism is the original form, developed first by Thomas Aquinas in the 13th century in his work [[Magistro]], (The Teacher). It is also focused on the personal development of the student, because Christianity is concerned with love (not sex, but a perfected ideal of love). |
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Religious perennialism is the original form, developed first by Thomas Aquinas in the 13th century in his work [De Magistro], (The Teacher). It is also focused on the personal development of the student, because Christianity is concerned with love (not sex, but a perfected ideal of love). |
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