The Idea of a University

The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated : I, in Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin : II, in Occasional Lectures and Essays Addressed to the Members of the Catholic University

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Publisher's Synopsis

"The aim of the University is a true enlargement of mind... the power of viewing many things at once."

Though a century and a half has passed since John Henry Newman delivered the lectures which provide the basis for The Idea of a University, the prescription he served up is more relevant today than during the Victorian era.

Newman wrote and delivered these addresses upon becoming the first rector of the newly founded Catholic University of Ireland in Dublin. His vision shaped that school, and helped inform the modern understanding of what a university education should encompass.

Book information

ISBN: 9780895264008
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Imprint: Gateway Editions
Pub date:
DEWEY: 378.01
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 472
Weight: 562g
Height: 212mm
Width: 136mm
Spine width: 29mm