Chapter II: Preface: vii

I. INTRODUCTION 1

II. LIBERAL EDUCATION VERSUS ANIMAL TRAINING 23

III. LIBERAL EDUCATION VERSUS PROPAGANDA 45

IV. LIBERAL EDUCATION VERSUS BOOK LEARNING 66

V. THE EDUCATIONAL VALUE OF DOUBT 84

VI. A MAN IS KNOWN BY THE DILEMMAS HE KEEPS 107

VII. THE FREE SPIRIT 127

VIII. THE APPRECIATION OF HUMAN WORTH 146

IX. EDUCATION AND WORK 160

X. EDUCATION AND MORALS 180

XI. THE CLASSICAL TRADITION: PLATO AND ARISTOTLE 197

XII. HUMANISM: ERASMUS AND MONTAIGNE 220

XIII. SCIENCE AND SUPERSTITION: HUXLEY 252

XIV. THE FRUIT OF THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE 286

XV. POSTSCRIPT--ADULT EDUCATION IN AMERICA 308

THE MEANING OF
A LIBERAL EDUCATION