More of a mentor than a critic this time (People, Places and Books)
Mr. Highet's discussion here is both a tribute to the immortality
of the mind and a stimulus to its application in the constant and
continuous channels of thinking, learning and teaching. A
classicist, Highet writes with the entire perspective of western
civilization in full view-and with a sonorous, supple prose which
in an invitation to learning in itself. Our advances, from
animalism to humanity, from the use of tools and plants to the
concepts of the passing but undying cultures of the Greek and
Roman; the training of the mind, through challenge and experiment
and association- for the "Secret of education is never to forget
the possibility of greatness"; the future of knowledge- which may
have one of three destinies, ?? (Kirkus Reviews)
Explores the power, capabilities, and limitations of the human mind
from ancient times.
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