Philosophy of Education

Steven M. Cahn is Professor of Philosophy at The City University of New York Graduate Center. Among the nine books he has authored are The Eclipse of Excellence, Education and the Democratic Ideal, Saints and Scamps: Ethics in Academia, revised edition, and From Student to Scholar: A Candid Guide to Becoming a Professor. He is also the editor of more than thirty volumes, including Morality, Responsibility and the University: Studies in Academic Ethics, The Affirmative Action Debate (Routledge), now in its second edition, and Classics of Western Philosophy, now in its seventh edition.

• Preface1. PlatoMeno (complete)RepublicAfterword, Robert S. Brumbaugh2. AristotleNicomachean EthicsPoliticsAfterword, Randall Curren3. AugustineOn the TeacherAfterword, Philip L. Quinn4. John LockeSome Thoughts Concerning EducationAfterword, Peter Gay5. Jean-Jacques RousseauEmileAfterword, William Boyd6. Immanuel KantLectures on PedagogyAfterword, Robert B. Louden7. Mary WollstonecraftA Vindication of the Rights of WomanAfterword, Jane Roland Martin8. John Stuart MillInaugural Address at St. Andrews (complete)Afterword, Elizabeth Anderson9. Alfred North WhiteheadThe Aims of EducationAfterword, Nathaniel M. Lawrence 10. John DeweyDemocracy and EducationAfterword, Sidney Hook

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