Bibliograph

The well-educated mind, a guide to the classical education you never had : updated and expanded, Susan Wise Bauer

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The well-educated mind, a guide to the classical education you never had : updated and expanded, Susan Wise Bauer

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The well-educated mind

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

914296408

Responsibility statement

Susan Wise Bauer

Sub title

a guide to the classical education you never had : updated and expanded

Summary

"The enduring and engaging guide to educating yourself in the classical tradition, "--Amazon.com

Table Of Contents

Acknowledgments -- Part I Beginning: Preparing for Classical Education -- Chapter 1 Training Your Own Mind: The Classical Education You Never Had -- Chapter 2 Wrestling with Books: The Act of Reading -- Chapter 3 Keeping the Journal: A Written Record of New Ideas -- Chapter 4 Starting to Read: Final Preparations -- Part II Reading: Jumping into the Great Conversation -- Chapter 5 The Story of People: Reading through History with the Novel -- Chapter 6 The Story of Me: Autobiography and Memoir -- Chapter 7 The Story of the Past: The Tales of Historians (and Politicians) -- Chapter 8 The World Stage: Reading through History with Drama -- Chapter 9 History Refracted: the Poets and Their Poems -- Chapter 10 The Cosmic Story: Understanding the Earth, the Skies, and Ourselves -- Permissions -- Index

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