The Aims of Education & Other Essays

This book contains ten addresses or papers delivered by Alfred North Whitehead at different times between 1912 and 1928. The general theme of this book is “education on its intellectual side”. These ten addresses are – The aims of education (14pp.), The rhythm of education (13pp.), The rhythmic claims of freedom and discipline (14pp.), Technical education and its relation to science & literature (18pp.), The place of classics in education (16pp.), The mathematical curriculum (14pp.), Universities and their function (12pp.), The organization of thought (18pp.), The anatomy of some scientific ideas (34pp.) and Space, time & relativity (10pp.).