A Student's Guide to Liberal Learning is an inviting conversation with
a learned scholar about the content of an authentic liberal arts
education. It surveys ideas and books central to the tradition of
humanistic education that has fundamentally shaped our country and our
civilization. This accessible volume argues for an order and integration
of knowledge so that meaning might be restored to the haphazard approach
to study currently dominating higher education. Freshly conveying the
excitement of learning from the acknowledged masters of intellectual
life, this guide is also an excellent blueprint for building one's own
library of books that matter.