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Academic quote of the day
Jul. 15th, 2013 03:22 pm***
“The appeal to the tree of knowledge is necessary, but to be educational, university studies have to be more than extensive reading, more than `knowledge for its own sake’, or pursuing the argument wherever it leads’, more even than the `disinterested pursuit of truth’ and the formation of judgement under the influence of the educated. The tree is of the knowledge of good and evil…Education has to be a form of the pursuit of the good. This is the principle missing from the modern university which, if brought back into it, would rid it of its clutter of corrupt specialization and turn back a pile of twigs into a living tree again.” (Maskell and Robinson 2002: 171)
Full Ref:
Maskell, D. & Robinson, I. (2002). The New idea of a University. London: Imprint Academic
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“The appeal to the tree of knowledge is necessary, but to be educational, university studies have to be more than extensive reading, more than `knowledge for its own sake’, or pursuing the argument wherever it leads’, more even than the `disinterested pursuit of truth’ and the formation of judgement under the influence of the educated. The tree is of the knowledge of good and evil…Education has to be a form of the pursuit of the good. This is the principle missing from the modern university which, if brought back into it, would rid it of its clutter of corrupt specialization and turn back a pile of twigs into a living tree again.” (Maskell and Robinson 2002: 171)
Full Ref:
Maskell, D. & Robinson, I. (2002). The New idea of a University. London: Imprint Academic
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