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The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated:

John Henry Newman

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .And lastly, I have urged that, supposing Theology be not taught, its province will not simply be neglected, but will be actually usurped by other sciences, which will teach, without warrant, conclusions of their own in a subject-matter which needs its own proper principles for its due formation and disposition.

Abstract statements are always unsatisfactory; these, as I have already observed, could be illustrated at far greater length than the time allotted to me for the purpose has allowed. Let me hope that I have said enough upon the subject to suggest thoughts, which those who take an interest in it may pursue for themselves.

[pg 099] Discourse V. Knowledge Its Own End.

A University may be considered with reference either to its Students or to its Studies; and the principle, that all Knowledge is a whole and the separate Sciences parts of one, which I have hitherto been using in behalf of its studies, is equally importa. . . Read More

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The Idea of the University is one of those books that many will know about, but few will have read. The version I recently finished is 428 pages and most of it is dense. Two of Newman’s 20th century admirers were James Joyce and Edward Said. I’m not sure many authors could command the respect of suc

Only read Part 1- University Teaching

I have thoroughly enjoyed this read. Newman has defined liberal education and has argued well why Theology is necessary in that education. God, Nature and Man are the subjects of human reason, and each one takes a step
into its own philosophy. Why can't we take al

Read parts of this for school and it was really confusing, but I liked (and mostly agreed) with the parts that I understood

This is a set of essays written in 1852 by Cardinal John Henry Newman; my edition is a secondhand copy from 1965. Suffice to say, neither Herbert Keldany, who wrote the 1965 intro, or Wilfrid Ward, who wrote the (I think?) 1905 intro, considered that any reader might not have a full and comprehensiv

This is perhaps the classic work on the question of "what is a university for?" The book consists of two sections. The first is a series of nine "discourses" on University Teaching given on the inauguration of the Catholic University of Ireland, of which he was its first Rector. The second part is a

Thought provoking, and Newman has a way with words. He needed every one to make the points he has!

A few key areas I liked:

1. The goal of preaching is the spiritual good of the hearers via earnestness, but also for a specific and direct good.

2. The whole and the parts of knowledge, and how theology s

My opinion of this book lingers between a 3.5 star rating and a 4. Newman has some excellent things to say here about the interconnectedness of theology and all knowledge. He has some excellent things to say about the university as "uni"versity vs. multiversity. His writing is eloquent - perhaps mor

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