Word: moralizing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Greece became familiar with the great poems which were finally transcribed and carefully handed down from generation to generation. In the schools children had to learn the poems by heart, not for the intellectual good which would result from this practice, but to gain an idea of the moral truths which Homer propounded, and to learn from the lives of his heroes what was the way of life which it should be their duty to follow. It will be seen that from their customs, by every one of which the mind was trained to look up to Homer...
...their influence upon the objects about them. We know that there is a fog on account of the obscurity which it casts about all objects sensible to the vision; so we may perceive the evil of competitive examinations by the manner in which they dim the keenness of the moral perceptions of those affected by them. The mind will not be broadened by an education which is built on the competitive examination system; rather, it will be narrowed by the most superficial and selfish ambition-the rank-list. Knowledge is no longer sought for knowledge's sake...
...good audience heard Professor Goodale speak last evening at the fifth College Conference meeting on the "Moral Aspect of the Scientific Method...
College Conference Meeting. "The Moral Aspect of the Scientific Method." Prof. Goodale. Sever...
...fifth of the eminently successful and profitable series of College Conference meetings will be held tonight in Sever 11, at 7.30 p. m. The subject, "The Moral Aspect of the Scientific Method," is of peculiar interest in the present status of philosophical thought, and cannot fail to attract a well-de-served attention among the students at large. Prof. Goodale is one of the most entertaining speakers in the University, and in view of the position he occupies cannot fail to treat his subject in a masterly manner. Those who are interested in one of the foremost philosophical questions...