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An Essay Towards a Philosophy of Education: A Liberal Education for All

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Philosophy & Psychology

An Essay Towards a Philosophy of Education: A Liberal Education for All

Charlotte Maria Mason and Edward, Hon. Lyttelton

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Children are born persons: five words that quietly revolutionized schooling. Charlotte Mason's final major work lays out her method whole, self education, the mind of the child, the habits of attention, and a liberal education offered to every child rather than a privileged few. The volume home educators still pass hand to hand. Meet the mind behind the movement.

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52 chapters

  1. 1AN ESSAY TOWARDS A PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION
  2. 2Contents
  3. 3Foreword
  4. 4Preface
  5. 5A Short Synopsis
  6. 6Introduction
  7. 7Book I
  8. 8CHAPTER I SELF-EDUCATION
  9. 9CHAPTER II CHILDREN ARE BORN PERSONS
  10. 101.—The Mind of a Child
  11. 112.—The Mind of a School-Child
  12. 123.—Motives for Learning
  13. 13CHAPTER III THE GOOD AND EVIL NATURE OF A CHILD
  14. 141.—Well-being of Body
  15. 152.—Well-Being of Mind
  16. 163.—Intellectual Appetite
  17. 174.—Misdirected Affections
  18. 185.—The Well-Being of the Soul

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