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Robert Maynard Hutchins

Born

in Brooklyn, The United States

January 17, 1899

Died

May 17, 1977

Genre

Nonfiction, Educational Philosophy, Philosophy

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Robert Maynard Hutchins (LL.B., Yale Law School, 1925; B.A., Yale University, 1921) was an educational philosopher, dean of Yale Law School (1927-1929), and president (1929–1945) and chancellor (1945–1951) of the University of Chicago.

While he was president of the University of Chicago, Hutchins implemented wide-ranging and controversial reforms of the University, including the elimination of varsity football. The most far-reaching reforms involved the undergraduate College of the University of Chicago, which was retooled into a novel pedagogical system built on Great Books, Socratic dialogue, comprehensive examinations and early entrance to college. Although the substance of this Hutchins Plan was abandoned by the University shortly after ...more

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	The Great Conversation: The Substance Of A Liberal Education (Great Books Of The Western World, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 676 ratings — published 1952 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Introduction and Syntopical Guide (Gateway to the Great Books, #1) by Robert Maynard Hutchins (Editor), Mortimer J. Adler (Editor), Clifton Fadiman (Associate editor) 4.15 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 1963	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Higher Learning in America: A Memorandum on the Conduct of Universities by Business Men really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1979 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gateway to the Great Books by Robert Maynard Hutchins (Editor), Mortimer J. Adler (Editor), Clifton Fadiman (Associate editor) 4.37 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1963 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Imaginative Literature (Gateway to the Great Books, #2) by Robert Maynard Hutchins (Editor), Mortimer J. Adler (Editor), Clifton Fadiman (Associate Editor) 3.96 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1963	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Imaginative Literature (Gateway to the Great Books, #3) by Robert Maynard Hutchins (Editor), Mortimer J. Adler (Editor), Clifton Fadiman (Associate Editor) 4.44 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1963	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Critical Essays (Gateway to the Great Books, #5) by Robert Maynard Hutchins (Editor), Mortimer J. Adler (Editor), Clifton Fadiman (Associate Editor) 3.75 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1963	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Education for Freedom really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Philosophical Essays (Gateway to the Great Books, #10) by Robert Maynard Hutchins (Editor), Mortimer J. Adler (Editor), Clifton Fadiman (Associate Editor) 3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1963	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mathematics (Gateway to the Great Books, #9) by Robert Maynard Hutchins (Editor), Mortimer J. Adler (Editor), Clifton Fadiman (Associate Editor) 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1963	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment.”
― Robert Maynard Hutchins

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“Nobody can decide for himself whether he is going to be a human being. The only question open to him is whether he will be an ignorant undeveloped one or one who has sought to reach the highest point he is capable of attaining.”
― Robert Maynard Hutchins, The Great Conversation: The Substance Of A Liberal Education

tags: books, education, reading

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“The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives. ”
― Robert M. Hutchins

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