Basic Philosophies of Education
reviewed by James E. McClellan
Although somewhat over-titled, the Bronowski and Maglish book promises to become a classic. It manages to be important and controversial for those already knowledgeable in intellectual history and at the same time intelligible to those who are not. It treats in a novel and compelling way of two main themes: the growth of science and the idea of the State, these two conceptual systems that dominate contemporary life as a whole and particularly contemporary education. Every teacher ought to read this book and to hope that the remarkably successful collaboration of scientist and historian will be renewed and the story brought on from Hegel to the present.
Dr. Van Wesep keeps the intellectual tradition moving West. In fact, The Seven Sages makes the American philosophical tradition from Franklin to Whitehead (1) read like advertisements for frontier land speculation. The author evidently enjoyed writing Seven Sages, and his chatty, informal style occasionally... (preview truncated at 150 words.) Cite This Article as: Teachers College Record Volume 62 Number 7, 1961, p. 588-588
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