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The Education of the Greek People and Its Influence on Civilization (Classic Reprint)
The Education of the Greek People and Its Influence on Civilization - Classic Reprint Author:Thomas Davidson THE EDUCATION OP THE GREEK PEOPLE. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY. NATURE AND EDUCATION. The term "nature," as applied to living things, is used in two distinct senses, which in current language are frequently confounded, to the great detriment of educational theory and practice. In one sense, it is the character or type with.which a thing starts on it... more »s separate careor, and which, without any effort on the part of that thing, but solely with the aid of natural forces, determines that career. Thus the acorn, the bean, the chick, the wholp, the cub, possess a definite " nature," which in each case manifests itself naturally in the life of these things. In the other sense, " nature " means that highest possible reality which a living thing, through a series of voluntary acts, originating within or without it, may he made to attain. Thus, through voluntary acts originating outside of them, many plants and animals-the rose, tho chrysanthemum, the apple, the orange, the dog, tho horse-atta
Table of Contents
CONTENTS; CHAPTER PAGE; I-Introductory-Nature and Education 1; II-Greek Life and its Jdeals 29; III-Greek Education before the Rise of Philosophy 53; IV-Greek Education after the Rise of Philosophy ? 78; V-The Effort to find in Individualism a Basis of'; Social Order103; VI-The Endeavor to found an Educational State; on Philosophical Principles, and its Results 128; VII-The Attempt to found an Educational State on Inductive Scientific Principles and its Results152; VIII -Greek Education in Contact with the Great; Eastern World177; IX -Greek Education in Contact with the Great; Western World-Resume and Conclusion 203
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