Kirk and Neuhaus: On Universities Flashcards
Kirk’s definition of a liberal education
an ordering and integrating of knowledge for the benefit of the free person
The difference between a liberal education and a career education
Liberal education is for the student’s sake. Career education is for the sake of their job.
How is a liberal education “conservative?”
It defends order against disorder.
What are two types of order that Kirk talks about?
Order in the soul, and order in the republic.
What is the “primary purpose” of a liberal education?
The cultivation of the person’s own intellect and imagination, for the person’s own sake.
What if all colleges and universities were abolished tomorrow?
Most young people would still find employment.
How does John Henry Newman describe a liberal education?
The cultivation of intellect
What is the view of a prominent Ivy League professor?
It aims to increase confusion and uncertainty in the eyes of undergraduates
What is the true task of a Christian University?
To form and inform minds by arousing curiosity about the best that has been thought and said
What is the goal of a Christian University?
Wisdom
What are the two wings on which the mind rises to wisdom?
Faith and reason.
Does the Church seek to impose views on people?
No, it is only trying to offer up the truth, which imposes in itself.
What are the three transcendentals?
The good, the true, and the beautiful.
What is the “foundational premise” of a Christian University?
“… all truth and all ways to truth are one because the Author and the End of truth is One.”
