The Knowledge Most Worth Having represents the essence of education at the University of Chicagofaculty and students grappling with key intellectual questions that span the humanities, while still acknowledging the need to acquire a depth of knowledge in ones chosen field. The papers collected here were delivered during an often-heated conference at the university in 1966, and include contributions from such scholars as Northrop Frye, Richard McKeon, and, of course, the dean of the college, Wayne Booth himself. Taken as a whole, they present a passionate defense of liberal education, one tha.
"The Knowledge Most Worth Having represents the essence of education at the University of Chicagofaculty and students grappling with key intellectual questions that span the humanities, while still acknowledging the need to acquire a depth of knowledge in ones chosen field. The papers collected here were delivered during an often-heated conference at the university in 1966, and include contributions from such scholars as Northrop Frye, Richard McKeon, and, of course, the dean of the college, Wayne Booth himself. Taken as a whole, they present a passionate defense of liberal education, one tha."@en
"The Knowledge most worth having. Edited by Wayne C. Booth. (Papers delivered at a Liberal Arts Conference sponsored by the Undergraduate College of the University of Chicago.)"@en
"The Knowledge most worth having : [papers delivered at the Liberal arts conference sponsored by the Undergraduate college of the University of Chicago in 1965.] Edited by Wayne C. Booth"
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