The Idea of A University (Notre Dame Series in the Great Books) (Notre Dame Series in Great Books)

" The Idea of a University [is an] eloquent defense of a liberal education which is perhaps the most timeless of all [Newman’s] books and certainly the one most intellectually accessible to readers of every religious faith and of none. . . . [O]nly one who has read The Idea of a University in its entirety, especially the nine discourses, can hope to understand why its reputation is so high: why the first reading of this book has been called an ‘epoch’ in the life of a college man; why Walter Pater thought it ‘the perfect handling of a theory’; why the historian G. M. Young has ranked it with Aristotle’s Ethics among the most valuable of all works on the aim of Education; or why Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch told his students at Cambridge that ‘of all the books written in these hundred years there is perhaps none you can more profitably thumb and ponder.’” ―from the introduction by Martin J. Svaglic The Idea of a University CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENT PREFATORY NOTE INTRODUCTION 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 A NEWMAN CHRONOLOGY A BRIEF READING LIST A NOTE ON THE TEXT UNIVERSITY TEACHING: CONSIDERED IN NINE DISCOURSES Preface Discourse I— Introductory 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Discourse II— Theology a Branch of Knowledge 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Discourse III— Bearing of Theology on Other Branches of Knowledge 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Discourse IV— Bearing of Other Branches of Knowledge on Theology 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Discourse V— Knowledge Its Own End 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Discourse VI— Knowledge Viewed in Relation to Learning 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Discourse VII— Knowledge Viewed in Relation to Professional Skill 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Discourse VIII Knowledge Viewed in Relation to Religion 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Discourse IX— Duties of the Church Towards Knowledge 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 UNIVERSITY SUBJECTS: DISCUSSED IN OCCASIONAL LECTURES AND ESSAYS I— Christianity and Letters: A Lecture in the School of Philosophy and Letters 1 2 3 4 5 6 II— Literature: A Lecture in the School of Philosophy and Letters 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 III— English Catholic Literature §1— In Its relation to Religious Literature §2— In Its Relation to Science 1 2 3 §3— In Its relation to Classical Literature 1 2 3 4 5 §4— In Its Relation to the Literature of the Day 1 2 3 4 5 IV— Elementary Studies §1— Grammar 1 2 3 4 §2— Composition 1 2 3 §3— Latin Writing 1 2 §4— General Religious Knowledge 1 2 3 4 V— A Form of Infidelity of the Day §1— Its Sentiments 1 2 3 4 5 §2— Its Policy 1 2 3 4 5 VI— University Preaching 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 VII— Christianity and Physical Science: A Lecture In the School of Medicine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 VIII— Christianity and Scientific Investigation: A Lecture Written for the School of Science 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 IX— Discipline of Mind: An Address to the Evening Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 X— Christianity and Medical Science: An Address to the Students of Medicine 1 2 3 4 NOTE ON PAGE 360 EDITOR'S NOTES INDEX A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W X The issues that John Henry Newman raisedthe place of religion and moral values in the university setting, the competing claims of liberal and professional education, the character of the academic community, the cultural role of literature, the relation of religion and science--have provoked discussion from Newman's time to our own. By John Henry Cardinal Newman ; Edited, With An Introduction And Notes, By Martin J. Svaglic.