Table of Contents

Introduction 1. The Rhythm of Learning Brave New Worlds Masterpieces The Art of Life 2. Learning Helically Closed Systems The Enchanter's Wand Spiral Weaving 3. Learning to Be Free Experience Perception Analysis Freedom 4. Learning to Reason Precisely Ulysses Platonic Romance Scheming Greeks Solomon's Dream 5. Learning to Create the Future Two Ultimate Notions Assemblage Systemization Further Assemblage Rationalization Philosophy and Poetry The Task of Education 6. Learning to Be Good Wanting to Be Good Becoming Good Being Good 7. Recollecting Romance Precision Generalization Metaphysics Conclusion Works Cited Index

About the Author

George Allan is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Dickinson College. He is the author of many books, including The Importances of the Past: A Meditation on the Authority of Tradition; The Realizations of the Future: An Inquiry into the Authority of Praxis; The Patterns of the Present: Interpreting the Authority of Form; and Higher Education in the Making: Pragmatism, Whitehead, and the Canon, all also published by SUNY Press.

Reviews

"The book is highly recommended for, as Allan says, professional educators-and all 'intelligent readers,' which 'include[s] parents.'" - CHOICE