General Education and the Quality of Human Living

Authors

Thomas J. Musial, University of Notre Dame

Abstract

Because Willis Nutting is now also my good friend and neighbor, I have had the continuing good fortune of watching him implement the precepts of his book. He has never allowed me to forget that a man is a person before he is a civic leader or an expert, and that it is therefore more sensible for educators to give priority of concern to the man himself, so that if possible he may become wise and understanding. He has convinced me that it is by no means certain that the kind of training necessary to make a man a specialist will also fully develop his intellect-and that it is even likely that such training so narrows his interests and his ability to think in many directions that he becomes less wise than he was before he began his training.

Recommended Citation

Musial, Thomas J. (1972) "General Education and the Quality of Human Living," Perspectives (1969-1979): Vol. 4: No. 2, Article 3.
Available at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/perspectives/vol4/iss2/3