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Title: History of Philosophy and Philosophical Education (Aquinas Lecture 12) by Etienne Gilson, Setienne Gilson ISBN: 0-87462-112-7 Publisher: Marquette Univ Pr Pub. Date: February, 1947 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00

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Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 4
Summary: Mildly interesting.
Comment: Gilson makes a point that historians of philosophy (or teachers of philosophy, for that matter) are not necessarily philosophers. The same could be said for the sciences as well - that a science historian or teacher is not necessarilly a scientist. Gilson argues, however, that an education in the history of philosophy is essential to a well-rounded education, if for no other reason to show how unalone people are in their thoughts and supposed first thoughts. It would be useful to discuss even those philosophers who were wrong, just to obtain the full-spectrum of thinking and its history. Gilson is, of course, an avid disciple of Aquinas; as well as an admirer of Aristotle, Plato, and Augustine. Gilson`s master book was "The Unity of the Philosophical Experience".

Rating: 5
Summary: Insightful thoughts on the purpose of a liberal education.
Comment: Gilson eloquently and insightfully probes the purpose and need for philosophical education, and what that education ought to look like.