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Klappentext Originally published in 1913, this book contains an English translation of the Latin text of De tradendis disciplinis of Juan Luis de Vives. Zusammenfassung Originally published in 1913! this book contains an English translation of the Latin text of De tradendis disciplinis of Juan Luis de Vives. Watson argues that Vives may have been a 'greater thinker on education' than his celebrated contemporary Erasmus! and includes an introduction to Vives' life and works. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Bibliography of Latin texts of de Disciplinis; Chronological table of the life of J. L. Vives; Introduction: 1. Vives: known and unknown; 2. Juan Luis Vives; 3. Vives on education; The Transmission of Knowledge: Dedicatory address; Vives' preface; Book I. Educational Origins: 1. Beginnings of society; 2. Beginnings of studies; 3. Arts and sciences; 4. God our highest good; 5. Divisions of knowledge; 6. Choice of books; Book II. Schools: 1. Schools and teachers; 2. The ideal school; 3. Choice of pupils; Book III. Language Teaching: 1. Latin and other languages; 2. The vernacular in teaching; 3. Latin speaking; 4. The course of training; 5. The reading of authors; 6. Latin authors; 7. The study of Greek; 8. Classical philology; 9. Vives' contemporaries; Book IV. Higher Studies: 1. Logic. Nature-study; 2. Disputations and the 'first philosophy'; 3. The study of rhetoric; 4. Imitation; 5. The mathematical sciences; 6. Auxiliary practical arts; 7. The training of the physician; Book V. Studies and Life: 1. Practical wisdom; 2. Historical studies; 3. Moral philosophy; 4. The study of law; Appendix. The Scholar's Life and Character: 1. The aim of studies; 2. The scholar and the world; 3. The scholar's difficulties; Index.
