Tuesday, February 9, 2010

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1) How does Newman define "Liberal" and "Useful" education? Which of the two does he promote? How and why?
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Newman feels there are two different types of knowledge and education, Liberal and Useful. Useful knowledge is more technical and practical. This is the scientific knowledge of creation, and thus especially useful during this age of technological advances. Newman finds it to be good and of it's own sort of use, but he feels eventually it becomes so specific that it is no longer knowledge. I feel he means that it becomes so specialized that it can only be useful for something in particular and not a knowledge good for discussion and sharing. Liberal knowledge is more philosophical. This education is much more generalized and rounded out. Newman I feel prefers it because this is what he himself shares in. Liberal knowledge is something to expand upon and be

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