Miscellaneous Observations Relating to Education
More Especially as it Respects the Conduct of the Mind
Published on 31. October 2013
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Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-1-108-06440-8 (ISBN)
Description
The English polymath Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) wrote on a wide range of scientific, theological and pedagogical subjects. After the appearance of his influential Rudiments of English Grammar (1761) and A Course of Lectures on the Theory of Language and Universal Grammar (1762), both of which are reissued in this series, Priestley produced in 1765 his Essay on a Course of Liberal Education, which is included and expanded on in this 1778 publication. Here he explains the reasons behind his decision to guide the curriculum at Warrington Academy towards a greater focus on subjects with a more direct application to 'civil and active life'. He offers more general instruction on the cultivation of young men in various spheres, notably through foreign travel and developing 'knowledge of the world'. Priestley ends by outlining a suggested course of lectures on the history and laws of England.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
519 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-06440-8 (9781108064408)
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Person
English scientist, theologian, and political theorist Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) made numerous contributions to chemistry, physics, and philosophy. Priestley, who was raised in Birstall, West Yorkshire, attended local schools before going to Daventry Academy, where he became very interested in natural philosophy. Priestley made significant scientific advances. His greatest-known distxtery, made in 1774, was oxygen, which he dubbed "dephlogisticated air." His investigations into gases and their characteristics, which are detailed in "Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air," greatly enhanced our knowledge of chemistry. Priestley also studied nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide, among other gases. In addition to his scientific interests, Priestley was a prolific writer on theological and political topics as well as a dissident clergyman. He received criticism for his Unitarian beliefs and his perceived radical religious ideas. Priestley was a liberal and democratic idealist whose political writings shaped the early American history.
Content
Dedication; Preface; 1. Of natural and artificial education; 2. Of the objects of education; 3. Of the Latin and Greek languages; 4. Of private and public education; 5. Of introducing young persons into company; 6. Of the knowledge of the world, with respect to the follies and vices of it; 7. Of correction; 8. Of submission to authority; 9. Of courage; 10. Of filial and parental affection; 11. Of instruction in the principles of morals and religion; 12. The importance of early religious instruction argued from a more particular consideration of the principles of human nature; 13. Of the education of persons of rank and fortune; 14. Observations for the use of persons in the middle classes of life; 15. Of the attendance of servants on young persons; 16. Of foreign travel; 17. General advice relating to the two sexes; Considerations for the use of young men; A course of liberal education; A syllabus of a course of lectures on the study of history; The introductory address to the course of lectures on the history of England; The plan of the course of lectures on the history of England; The introductory address to the course of lectures on the laws of England; The plan of the course of lectures on the constitution and laws of England.