Vol. 2 No. 1 (2022): January-June
Academic Essays

The ways and means of liberal education

Walter Nicgorski University of Notre Dame

Bio

Published 2022-01-08

How to Cite

Nicgorski, W. (2022). The ways and means of liberal education. Conocimiento Y Acción, 2(1), 55-65. https://doi.org/10.21555/cya.i2.1.2468

Abstract

This is the second of three lectures on the theme of Liberal Education and Human Freedom presented late in 2017 as a master class in Catedra Carlos Llano. The lectures were given at Universidad Panamericana’s campuses at Aguascalientes and Mexico City on successive weeks.

Keywords

  • Liberal education,
  • University,
  • Cicero,
  • John Henry Newman

References

  1. Cicero, De Legibus.
  2. Cicero, De Officiis.
  3. Cicero, De Republica.
  4. Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes.
  5. De Tocqueville, Alexis. Democracy in America. Edited and translated by Harvey C. Mansfield and Delba Winthrop. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000.
  6. Newman, John Henry. The idea of a University. Indiana: Notre Dame University Press, 1992.