Rescuing Socrates: How the Great Books Changed My Life and Why They Matter for a New Generation

by Roosevelt Monts and Roosevelt Montás

Book Overview

A Dominican-born academic tells the story of how the Great Books transformed his life--and why they have the power to speak to people of all backgrounds

What is the value of a liberal education? Traditionally characterized by a rigorous engagement with the classics of Western thought and literature, this approach to education is all but extinct in American universities, replaced by flexible distribution requirements and ever-narrower...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691200394
• ISBN13: 9780691200392
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.6" x 8.6"