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The Delphian course; a systematic plan of education, embracing the world's progress and development of the liberal arts (Volume X)

The Delphian course; a systematic plan of education, embracing the world's progress and development of the liberal arts (Volume X)

Society, Delphian

Paperback

Fiction AnthologiesGeneral EducationGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9353609070
ISBN13: 9789353609078
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 25 2019
Pages: 590
Weight: 1.88
Height: 1.31 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Volume X of The Delphian Course opens an ordered doorway into the humanities. A whole education, in one. Produced by the Delphian Society, this liberal arts study course was conceived as a systematic plan of reading for people who wanted more than fragments: a connected sense of ideas, arts, and world progress. As part of a multi-volume education set, it exemplifies the practical tone of progressive era education and the wider chautauqua movement readings that took learning beyond the classroom. Rather than a single narrative, it functions as a humanities reading anthology, assembling material to support a world civilisation overview, a philosophy and ethics survey, and informed art and music appreciation. The organising voice reflects early 1900s pedagogy: clear, workable pathways, firm definitions, and an insistence that culture can be studied methodically, like any craft. In doing so it preserves a snapshot of early twentieth-century ambitions for public culture itself. Read it straight through as a great books curriculum in miniature, or dip in as an encyclopedic humanities collection for an adult self-education program that prizes breadth without losing direction. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today -- a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike, and a satisfying addition to classic-literature shelves. For the curious browser, it is a gallery of subjects; for classic-literature collectors, an artefact of educational history showing how the liberal arts were packaged for the modern age.

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