George Allan is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Dickinson College. He is the author of many books, including The Importances of the Past: A Meditation on the Authority of Tradition; The Realizations of the Future: An Inquiry into the Authority of Praxis; The Patterns of the Present: Interpreting the Authority of Form; and Higher Education in the Making: Pragmatism, Whitehead, and the Canon, all also published by SUNY Press.

"The book is highly recommended for, as Allan says, professional educators—and all 'intelligent readers,' which 'include[s] parents.'" — CHOICE

• Introduction1. The Rhythm of LearningBrave New WorldsMasterpiecesThe Art of Life2. Learning HelicallyClosed SystemsThe Enchanter’s WandSpiral Weaving3. Learning to Be FreeExperiencePerceptionAnalysisFreedom4. Learning to ReasonPrecisely UlyssesPlatonic RomanceScheming GreeksSolomon’s Dream5. Learning to Create the FutureTwo Ultimate NotionsAssemblageSystemizationFurther AssemblageRationalizationPhilosophy and PoetryThe Task of Education6. Learning to Be GoodWanting to Be GoodBecoming GoodBeing Good7. RecollectingRomancePrecisionGeneralizationMetaphysicsConclusionWorks CitedIndex

George Allan is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Dickinson College. He is the author of many books, including The Importances of the Past: A Meditation on the Authority of Tradition; The Realizations of the Future: An Inquiry into the Authority of Praxis; The Patterns of the Present: Interpreting the Authority of Form; and Higher Education in the Making: Pragmatism, Whitehead, and the Canon, all also published by SUNY Press.

"The book is highly recommended for, as Allan says, professional educators—and all 'intelligent readers,' which 'include[s] parents.'" — CHOICE

• Introduction1. The Rhythm of LearningBrave New WorldsMasterpiecesThe Art of Life2. Learning HelicallyClosed SystemsThe Enchanter’s WandSpiral Weaving3. Learning to Be FreeExperiencePerceptionAnalysisFreedom4. Learning to ReasonPrecisely UlyssesPlatonic RomanceScheming GreeksSolomon’s Dream5. Learning to Create the FutureTwo Ultimate NotionsAssemblageSystemizationFurther AssemblageRationalizationPhilosophy and PoetryThe Task of Education6. Learning to Be GoodWanting to Be GoodBecoming GoodBeing Good7. RecollectingRomancePrecisionGeneralizationMetaphysicsConclusionWorks CitedIndex

George Allan is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Dickinson College. He is the author of many books, including The Importances of the Past: A Meditation on the Authority of Tradition; The Realizations of the Future: An Inquiry into the Authority of Praxis; The Patterns of the Present: Interpreting the Authority of Form; and Higher Education in the Making: Pragmatism, Whitehead, and the Canon, all also published by SUNY Press.

"The book is highly recommended for, as Allan says, professional educators—and all 'intelligent readers,' which 'include[s] parents.'" — CHOICE

• Introduction1. The Rhythm of LearningBrave New WorldsMasterpiecesThe Art of Life2. Learning HelicallyClosed SystemsThe Enchanter’s WandSpiral Weaving3. Learning to Be FreeExperiencePerceptionAnalysisFreedom4. Learning to ReasonPrecisely UlyssesPlatonic RomanceScheming GreeksSolomon’s Dream5. Learning to Create the FutureTwo Ultimate NotionsAssemblageSystemizationFurther AssemblageRationalizationPhilosophy and PoetryThe Task of Education6. Learning to Be GoodWanting to Be GoodBecoming GoodBeing Good7. RecollectingRomancePrecisionGeneralizationMetaphysicsConclusionWorks CitedIndex