The Wisdom of the Commons

Download or read book The Wisdom of the Commons written by Geoffrey C. Kellow and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-03-21 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wisdom of the Commons examines the history and philosophy of civic education as the essential political part of liberal education. This study distinguishes itself from other works on liberal and civic education by focusing explicitly on the civic and liberal education of those citizens who are not destined for prominent positions within politics and government but are still a part of and relevant to political society. It considers this strand of liberal and civic education, in both its ancient and modern iterations, by focusing on the philosophies of Plato, Cicero, Locke, Rousseau, and Adam Smith.