Description:
In The Art of Humane Education, Donald Phillip Verene presents a new statement of the classical and humanist ideals that he believes should guide education in the liberal arts and sciences. These ideals are lost, he contends, in the corporate...
Brief description: Donald Phillip Verene is Charles Howard Candler Professor of Metaphysics and Moral Philosophy and Director of the Institute for Vico Studies at Emory University and a fellow of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. He is the author of books including Vico's "New Science": A Philosophical Commentary; Vico's Science of Imagination; and The Art of Humane Education; all from Cornell.
Review Quotes:
The leitmotif that runs through Verene's delightful book is the contrast between descriptive observations about most higher education curricula today and his own prescriptive judgments about what they should be if a truly humane education is to be achieved. This book provides a special treat for humanists already dismayed by the current curricular trends in higher education. By his own admission, Verene's letters are The meditations of a humanist who sees himself in an inhumane world?.... Verene's little book is a gem for its reminder of timeless truths.
--John G. Trapani, Jr., Walsh University "Review of Metaphysics"