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Renewing the Mind includes an introductory essay on the history and renewal of Catholic education, followed by 38 selections each with an introduction, biography, and study questions; adorning the text throughout are illustrations from the National Gallery of Art. Educators of children and college students will find this an essential guide to the best of what has been said about what it means to be conformed to the mind of Christ.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Words of Praise, Title page, Copyright, Dedication
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. ix-x
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  1. Illustrations
  2. pp. xi-xii
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  1. Foreword
  2. Don J. Briel
  3. pp. xiii-xiv
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. xv-xviii
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. 1-12
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  1. Part I: The Aims of Education
  1. 1. Plato from The Republic
  2. pp. 15-22
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  1. 2. Artistotle from On the Parts of Animals
  2. pp. 23-33
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  1. 3. Quintilian from The Institutes of Oratory
  2. pp. 34-40
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  1. 4. St. Augustine from On Christian Teaching
  2. pp. 41-47
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  1. 5. St. Thomas Aquinas from Summa Contra Gentiles
  2. pp. 48-50
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  1. 6. Thomas à Kempis from The Imitation of Christ
  2. pp. 51-57
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  1. 7. H. S. Gerdil from The Anti-Emile
  2. pp. 58-72
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  1. 8. Bl. John Henry Newsman from The Idea of a University
  2. pp. 73-82
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  1. 9. St. John Paul II from On Faith and Reason
  2. pp. 83-96
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  1. Part II: The Matter of Learning
  1. 10. Plato from The Republic
  2. pp. 99-106
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  1. 11. St. Basil the Great from Address to Young Men on the Reading of Greek Literature
  2. pp. 107-119
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  1. 12. Hugh of St. Victor from Didascalicon
  2. pp. 120-133
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  1. 13. St. Bonaventure from Reduction of the Arts to Theology
  2. pp. 134-145
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  1. 14. St. Thomas Aquinas from Summa Theologiae
  2. pp. 146-148
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  1. 15. Bl. John Henry Newman from The Idea of a University
  2. pp. 149-156
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  1. 16. Jacques Maritain from The Education at the Crossroads
  2. pp. 157-164
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  1. Part III: The Methods of Teaching
  1. 17. Plato from Meno
  2. pp. 167-178
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  1. 18. St. Augustine from On Christian Teaching
  2. pp. 179-185
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  1. 19. St. Thomas Aquinas from Summa Theologiae
  2. pp. 186-189
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  1. 20. Erasmus of Rotterdam from On the Method of Study, to Christianus of Lubeck
  2. pp. 190-192
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  1. 21. Michel De Montaigne from Of the Education of Children
  2. pp. 193-208
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  1. 22. The Society of Jesus from Ratio Studiorum
  2. pp. 209-214
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  1. 23. H. S. Gerdil from The Anti-Emile
  2. pp. 215-222
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  1. 24. Maria Montessori from The Montessori Method
  2. pp. 223-229
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  1. 25. A. G. Sertillanges from On the Intellectual Life
  2. pp. 230-238
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  1. Part IV: On Renewal in Our Time
  1. 26. Leo XIII from On the Restoration of Christian Philosophy
  2. pp. 241-255
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  1. 27. G. K. Chesterton from Orthodoxy
  2. pp. 256-265
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  1. 28. Ronald Knox from On Christian Education
  2. pp. 266-270
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  1. 29. C. S. Lewis from Learning in War-Time
  2. pp. 271-276
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  1. 30. Dorothy Sayers from The Lost Tools of Learning
  2. pp. 277-294
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  1. 31. Christopher Dawson from Crisis in Western Education
  2. pp. 295-305
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  1. 32. St. John XXIII from On the Study of Latin
  2. pp. 306-312
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  1. 33. John Senior from The Restoration of Christian Culture
  2. pp. 313-320
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  1. 34. St. John Paul II from On the Role of the Christian Family
  2. pp. 321-332
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  1. 35. Laura M. Berquist from Designing Your Own Classical Curriculum
  2. pp. 333-339
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  1. 36. Michael D. O'Brien from A Landscape with Dragons
  2. pp. 340-356
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  1. 37. Archbishop J. Michael Miller, CSB from The Holy See's Teaching on Catholic Schools
  2. pp. 357-376
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  1. 38. Benedict XVI from Meeting with Catholic Educators
  2. pp. 377-386
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  1. Sources and Permissions
  2. pp. 387-388
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 389-399
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