Download or read book The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated written by John Henry Newman and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2020-03-16 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated" is a book explaining the purpose of university education. This book is the first in a series of nine "discourses" on University Teaching given at the inauguration of the Catholic University of Ireland. The author provides the classic defense of liberal education, articulates a Christian vision for the unity of knowledge, and articulates the friend-foe relationship in which the Church has often found itself regarding higher learning.