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    matter that they are studying.  However, when people at a university are educated according to the ways set forth by John Henry Newman in "The Idea of a University," their ability to create original concepts would be cultivated to the

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    John Newman was born in the 1800’s and was sent to school at the age of seven. He took school very seriously and he played no causal school games with others students. He was a scholar of writing such as; poems and popular hymns. Later in years, he became a priest, an expert in theology, and nationally known as an influential religious leader. Frederick Douglass was also born in the 1800's but born into slavery. Frederick became one of the most influential African American of the nineteenth century

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    1. Explain the value of “a good education?” A good education prepares an individual to perform successfully in a society alone. Wisdom and A good education is a process that properly prepares an individual, and a society, to function efficiently and remain balanced and informed. This includes the collective accumulation of intelligence and wisdom in order for people learn how to think, how to interact and communicate with other people, and to become successful. Not does this education prepare

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    Both John Henry Newman and Jon Spayde argue the true meaning of a University education in their works titled “The Idea of a University” and “Learning in the Key of Life.” Newman defines a truly effective education as a liberal one. He believes that “The University’s art is the art of social life, and its end is fitness for the world” (47). Similar to Newman’s belief that a well-rounded education is necessary, Spayde also agrees that “Humanities are the foundation for getting along in the world, for

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    Rong(Esther) Professor John Q. Davis Eng 1A 25 Sep 2015 Arguments for Newman’s Idea Why do people go to college? Why do people get educated? The well-known figure of Catholicism in the 19th century, John Henry Newman gives us an answer. Newman “sees tremendous value in education that exists solely for the sake of imparting knowledge and fostering inquiry. This kind of knowledge, for Newman, lies at the heart of a university”(Newman 32). Newman considers this kind of

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    attitude in Europe. Cardinal John Henry Newman (1801-1890) was determined to establish a Catholic University in spite of these feelings. In 1852, he wrote The Idea of a University in which he expressed his opinions about what a liberal arts education should be, and what it supposedly would be in a Catholic University (Dunbar-Odam 107). In this essay, Newman made it abundantly clear what his views were as far as what students should learn in a university setting. Newman made statements that pointed

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    been asked for centuries, and even in modern times the answer is not obvious. Education has many grey areas when it comes to the question of its effects, long and short term. The authors Bonaventure, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Annie Dillard, John Henry Cardinal Newman, Richard Rodriguez, Thomas Wolfe, and Richard Wright all shed some light upon education with their works, “The Journey of the Mind into God”, “In Defense of the Poet Aulus Licinius Archias”, “An American childhood”, “The Idea of a University”

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    The strength of a liberal arts education is the strong, varied foundation it provides over a wide spectrum of subjects. A liberal arts education is aimed at teaching you how to think. It helps you to develop strength of mind, and an ordered intellect. This broad-based education allows students to create new theories, discoveries, and connections between fields. With such expansive roots, great innovators can build and expand from what others have learned, instead of wasting effort on rediscovery

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    The Education of Life Essay

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    The Education of Life In Jon Spayde’s article Learning in the Key of Life.He states that “the world’s a classroom”(Spayde 58) and I agree.I also agree with the idea that a formal education is a serious undertaking and that it is a very necessary tool in life.This article is not in any way meant to dissuade you from going to an established institute to obtain a degree, it is however intended to get one to think about continuing one’s education outside of the classroom. Spayde

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    In 1852 when John Henry Newman wrote his essay, “The Idea of a University,” he wanted to convey that a University’s purpose was to be able to educate first-rate members of the social order. Newman’s theory, although over a hundred years old, still applies to today’s college students; many are seeking higher educations to not only lead to successful careers, but to also become an improved person in society. In a time when human endeavor was being redesigned, as industries, philosophies, and sciences

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