The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had

436 Pages·2006·7.12 MB·English

by  Susan Wise Bauer

WELL-
EDUCATED
MIND
A L S O B Y S U S A N W I S E B A U E R
The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child
(PEACE HILL PRESS)
Volume I: Ancient Times (2002)
Volume II:The Middle Ages (2003)
Volume III: Early Modern Times (2003)
Volume IV: The Modern World (2004)
Though the Darkness Hide Thee
(MULTNOMAH, 1998)
The Revolt
(WORD, 1996)
W I T H J E S S I E W I S E
The Well-Trained Mind:
A Guide to Classical Education at Home
(W. W. NORTON, 1999)
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WELL-
EDUCATED
MIND
SUSAN WISE BAUER
W. W. N O R T O N & C O M P A N Y
N E W Y O R K / L O N D O N
Copyright © 2003 by Susan Wise Bauer
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Bauer, S.Wise
The well-educated mind : a guide to the classical education you never had /
Susan Wise Bauer.— 1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-393-05094-7
1. Books and reading. 2. Best books. 3. Reading. 4. Literature—History and criticism.
5. Self-culture. 6. Education, Humanistic. I. Title.
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For my mother
who taught me to read,
and my father
who gave me all of his favorite books.