Approaches to the Oriental ClassicsWilliam Theodore De Bary Columbia University Press, 1959 - 262 pages |
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Page 13
... better world as a whole and a better world for each culture that this larger complex of cultures exists . The intellectual and cultural wealth brought together in this as- sembly of cultures is overwhelming . We have not yet fully ad ...
... better world as a whole and a better world for each culture that this larger complex of cultures exists . The intellectual and cultural wealth brought together in this as- sembly of cultures is overwhelming . We have not yet fully ad ...
Page 30
... better than the producers believe ; my own experience in getting a million or so free persons to listen to the discussion of significant books once a week would indicate a need somewhere for more substantial offering . And there are ...
... better than the producers believe ; my own experience in getting a million or so free persons to listen to the discussion of significant books once a week would indicate a need somewhere for more substantial offering . And there are ...
Page 138
... better not to try to Ideal with the literature . The question of linguistic ability prompted Mr. Burch to propose other qualifications . Yes , he said , a teacher of the Qur'ān would be better off knowing Arabic , but by the same ...
... better not to try to Ideal with the literature . The question of linguistic ability prompted Mr. Burch to propose other qualifications . Yes , he said , a teacher of the Qur'ān would be better off knowing Arabic , but by the same ...
Contents
Opening Remarks by Jacques Barzun THE TEACHING OF | 3 |
Great BooksEast and West by Mark Van Doren | 7 |
Education in a Multicultural World by Thomas Berry 24 On Exploiting the Greek Analogy by Moses Hadas | 24 |
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