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This thesis recalls a famous Greek comedy's critique of higher education and examines how it might apply to the modern university. In order to understand the application of such a critique, this thesis necessarily works to define the spirit of the university as it was formed in the cross-civilizational decedents of Plato's Academy. After the first universities, I examine the development of higher education in the United States. Ultimately I argue that the Aristophanic critique of Socrates and higher education is applicable in a very important way to the modern university. I offer two policy recommendations that might offer an important starting point for recalling the spirit of the university.
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Title
- Clouds over the Pyrais Pre-Socratics in the Modern University
Contributors
- Matter, Stephen (Author)
- McNamara, Peter (Thesis director)
- Zuckert, Michael (Committee member)
- Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
- School of Politics and Global Studies (Contributor)
- School of Civic & Economic Thought and Leadership (Contributor)
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2023-05
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