THE SOURCES OF AUGUSTINE'S EDUCATIONAL INSIGHT

Ikechukwu Anthony Kanu

Abstract


Augustine wrote many articles and books, and from these works, insights could be gotten
as it concerns education. However, there are three books that Augustine wrote on
education. The works include: The Teacher (De Magistro), Christian Teaching (De
Doctrina Christiana) and The Catechesis of Beginners (De Catechizandis Rudibus).
These three major works of his on education would be the focus of this piece. This study
reveals that Augustine had a profound influence on the subsequent development of
Western thought and culture and, more than any other thinker, shaped the themes and
defined the problems that have characterized Western traditions. The hermeneutic method
of inquiry would be employed.

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