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St. Augustine / Ryan N.S. Topping.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Topping, Ryan N. S. (Ryan Nathan Scott), 1977- author.
- Series:
- Continuum library of educational thought ; v. 17.
- Continuum library of educational thought ; v. 17
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430.
- Augustine.
- Education--Philosophy--History.
- Education.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (209 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Saint Augustine
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Continuum International Pub. Group, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "St Augustine is indisputably a major thinker in education. Ryan Topping's volume offers the most coherent account of St Augustine's educational thought. This work is divided into: 1 Intellectual Biography 2 Critical Explosion 3 Philosophical Reception and Relevance."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
- Contents:
- Series Editor's Preface ; Foreword ; Acknowledgments ; Abbreviations
- Part 1: 1. Intellectual Biography ; Approaching Augustine
- Part 2: Critical Exposition. 2. The Aims of Education ; 3. The Art of the Teacher ; 4. The Matter of Liberal Education ; 5. The Limits to Education
- Part 3: Philosophical Reception and Relevance. 6. Augustine and Some Philosophers of Education ; St. Augustine and The Defense of Liberal Education
- Select Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613206510
- 9781472504876
- 1472504879
- 9781472541529
- 1472541529
- 9781283206518
- 128320651X
- 9781441157805
- 1441157808
- OCLC:
- 741691192
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