Education for Virtue and Other Essays

Tate, Nicholas (2026) Education for Virtue and Other Essays. Ludovika Egyetemi Kiadó, Budapest. ISBN 9789636533427; 9789636533434; 9789636533410

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Abstract

In this book the author, historian and educator, in a selection of his writings over many years, raises fundamental questions about education in schools and universities: What is education for? What role do schools play in transmitting a more than 2,000-year-old civilisation from one generation to the next? Why have we ceased to talk about education for virtue? Is it legitimate for schools to promote a sense of national identity? What is the best way to ensure that the elites emerging from our educational institutions govern for the common good rather than for themselves? Why is learning about the past so important? These and other issues are addressed through essays, short pieces of journalism, speeches, and articles for scholarly journals. A common thread is the contribution that great thinkers – from Plato and Aristotle to José Ortega y Gasset and Hannah Arendt, many of whom were also teachers themselves – are able to make to educational issues that were as relevant 2,500 years ago as they are today. Nicholas Tate also draws on his own experience to highlight the challenges and opportunities facing educational leaders in trying to maintain a focus on education as a process of self-improvement that may begin in schools but continues throughout life.

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