An edition of The Closing of the American Mind (1987)

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An edition of The Closing of the American Mind (1987)

The Closing of the American Mind

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A discourse on late 20th century American students' mind and soul, and the damage done by the elite universities' turn from the eternal verities as outlined by Socrates-Plato-Aristotle, Shakespeare and Rousseau.

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Tandem Library
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English

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Subjects

Vie intellectuelle, Culture, Education, Philosophy, Education, united states

People

Aristotle, René Descartes (1596-1650), Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), Hegal, Martin Heidegger (1889-1976), Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), Locke, Machiavelli, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900), Plato, Socrates, Tocqueville, Weber

Places

United States

Times

20th century
Edition Availability
Cover of: Closing of the American Mind
Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students
2012, Simon & Schuster, Incorporated
in English
Cover of: The Closing of the American Mind
The Closing of the American Mind
Nov 20, 2010, Blackstone Audiobooks, Blackstone Audio
audio cd
Cover of: Closing of the American Mind
Closing of the American Mind
2008, Simon & Schuster, Limited
in English
Cover of: The Closing of the American Mind
The Closing of the American Mind
October 2001, Tandem Library
in English
Cover of: The Closing of the American Mind
The Closing of the American Mind
January 1993, Blackstone Audiobooks
Audio cassette in English
Cover of: The Closing of the American Mind
The Closing of the American Mind
1987, Simon & Schuster
Cover of: The Closing of the American Mind
The Closing of the American Mind
1987, Simon and Schuster
Hardcover in English

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First Sentence

"I used to think that young Americans began whatever education they were to get at the age of eighteen, that their early lives were spiritually empty and that they arrived at the university clean slates unaware of their deeper selves and the world beyond their superficial experience."

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OL7588232M
ISBN 10
0613185110
ISBN 13
9780613185110
Library Thing
16449
Goodreads
224761

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October 28, 2022 Edited by ImportBot import existing book
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