Category Archives: Textbooks

“Everyone Can Be And Should Be Given a Liberal Education”

Posted on August 17, 2013 by marklangley

As I was searching for a particular statement that Mortimer Adler made somewhere I found an interesting article that he wrote for the University of Chicago Magazine in 1945. I still cannot find the particular thing that he said that … Continue reading →

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Textbooks

Posted on February 10, 2013 by marklangley

My daughter read the last post about textbooks and fastfood restaurants  and pointed out that the article did not really contain many substantive reasons for why text books are boring. She wondered even about the point of the post. I told … Continue reading →

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Textbooks and Fast-Food Restaurants

Posted on February 10, 2013 by marklangley

As much as I try I now find it nearly impossible to get enthusiastic about any textbook. There is something about the whole textbook genre that just seems almost intrinsically boring- or at the very best, interesting for a very … Continue reading →

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