Why Read the Masters?

Autor/in	Manolescu, Dan
Titel	Why Read the Masters?
Quelle	In: Journal of Practical Studies in Education, 3 (2022) 6, S.7-12 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Reading Instruction; Classical Literature; History Instruction; Ethical Instruction; Philosophy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Leseunterricht; Classical philology; Literature; Altphilologie; literatur; History lessons; Geschichtsunterricht; Ethics instruction; Teaching of ethics; Ethikunterricht; Philosophie
Abstract	The present article is a plea for the value and the obvious relevance of reading in the formation of every generation of students and teachers. Reading brings us knowledge and it usually comes as a pleasant surprise. It helps us and it guides us in our quest for knowledge, especially when we break open different kinds of texts -- scientific, philosophical, literary, historical, to name a few. Are there any lessons to be learned? Can we really find role models? What is the main thing that reading can do to make us better people? A quick introduction about history, followed by quotations from various scholars like C. S. Lewis, takes us back to the experience of (re-)reading Plato and Aristotle. When recent or contemporary scholars continue the conversation, we segue into the concepts of a good character and the value of virtue, which lead us to moral education and moral imagination. They all confer reading a unique quality that eventually gives us a chance to savor its greatness and at the same time hope to achieve something equally rewarding. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01