Thoughts concerning education in the works of Georg Christoph Lichtenberg an introductory study in comparative education.
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[Book]
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Svein Øksenholt
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
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The Hague
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
M. Nijhoff
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1963
CONTENTS NOTE
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I. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg: Biography.- The Teacher.- The Faculty Member.- The Colleague.- The Man.- II. Lichtenberg's Philosophy of Education.- Definitions.- Existence.- Nonexistence.- Dreams.- Weltanschauung.- Pessimism.- Scepticism.- Superstition.- Happiness.- Epistemology.- Immanuel Kant.- III. Pedagogy and Curriculum.- Religion.- Methodology.- Status Quo.- Reading: A National Disease.- Lichtenberg: An Intuitive Pedagogue.- The Natural Sciences.- The Modern Curriculum.- Theological Evolution.- Astronomy.- The Modern Languages.- History Versus Historicism.- The Classical Writers.- IV. Religion.- Definition.- Religion Versus Religiosity.- Teleological Religion.- Reason.- God.- The Bible.- Doctrines.- Morality.- V. Psychology Applied to Education.- Physiognomy.- Theories of Learning.- Observation: Introspection.- Teacher Training.- Psychological-Physiological Learning Factors.- Health.- Formal Discipline.- Discipline.- Visual Aids.- The Foreign Languages.- VI. British Educationalism.- England.- Lichtenberg; A True Friend.- British Writers.- British Character.- Germanic-English Education.- VII. Schopenhauer and Education.- Schopenhauer's Lichternbeg.- Philosophy.- Curriculum and Pedagogy.- Religion.- Psychology Applied to Education.- VIII. Lichtenberg's Thoughts Concerning Education: An Evaluation.- Lichtenberg's Philosophy Applied to Education.- Lichtenberg's Curriculum.- Religious Instruction.- Psychology Applied to Education: The Soul.- Empirical Psychology.- William James.- Truth.- John Dewey.- Final Summary.- Notes.- I.- II.- III.- IV.- V.- VI.- VII.- VIII.