Education at the Crossroads Francis Marion Crawford In Recent Philosophy

In Recent Philosophy

From the vantage point of the twenty-first century

First published in 1947

and exceptionally relevant

Their hearts may be as “wide as the universe and bottomless as eternity

Education at the Crossroads Francis Marion Crawford In Recent PhilosophyBy Jacques Maritain In the words of a 1944 review, written well in advance of twenty first century outcomes of educational malpractice: It is for man that education must exist. Such a statement may seem too obvious to make at all. Yet its meaning is rarely understood today. Education at the Crossroads fully comprehends that meaning. Bringing to bear the full weight of his wisdom, Jacques Maritain argues for education as objectively ordered toward man