E. B. Castle: Ancient Education And Today

What use are the ideas of ancient Greece, Rome, and Palestine, in the education of our children today? Can these ideas be rlevant in a technological age? Professor Castle has written this book because he thinks that, in the current and necessary enthusiasm for technological instruction, many people have lost sight of the fact that education is not just a gadget for the making of other gadgets, but the proper rearing of our children so that they become good men.

The Greeks, Romans, and Hebrews never lost sight of this truth. In different ways they present us with ideals and object lessons that are still very relevant to our present condition.

Much learning has gone to the making of the book... but the author wears his scholarship lightly, and with his wide experience of English education is able to enliven his narrative by relating his story of a distant past to problems that are demanding attention in this country today.

The Times Educational Supplement.

Cover design by Erwin Fabian.