Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 216
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Trim: 6 x 9
978-1-5381-9535-2 • Paperback • August 2024 • $24.95 • (£18.99)
978-1-5381-9536-9 • eBook • August 2024 • $19.95 • (£14.99)
David V. Hicks graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Princeton and read Philosophy at Oxford. He taught strategy at the Naval War College while serving in the Navy and spent most of his life heading independent schools and serving on school, foundation, and seminary boards in America and abroad. He wrote his first book, winner of an ALA Award in Education, Norms & Nobility, while still in his twenties. Since then, he and his brother Scot, an international school head, have collaborated on a number of translations: The Emperor’s Handbook (Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations) published by Scribner, and an annotated series of Plutarch’s Lives, The Lawgivers, The Statesmen, and The Tyrant, published by CiRCE. Classical Academic Press will publish his new book, The Stones Cry Out!, in 2024. He and his wife Mary Elizabeth have four grown children and live on a ranch near Harrison, Montana.
In Norms and Nobility: A Treatise on Education, David V. Hicks presents a compelling case for education that goes beyond utilitarian purposes, exploring the ancient (and noble) idea that a classical education aims to foster the intellectual and moral growth of students, preparing them to contribute meaningfully to society and engage in a lifelong pursuit of truth, wisdom, and virtue. Norms and Nobility delves into the philosophical underpinnings of education, drawing from classical Western thought and the educational practices of ancient civilizations. Readers interested in American classical education will find this exploration resonant, as classical education seeks to revive and adapt these timeless principles for contemporary contexts.
— Michael Rose, Headmaster at Cincinnati Classical Academy
October issue, National Review: This is featured in a column of upcoming releases with the following, “A new edition of his spirited polemic, a defense of classical education and an attack on the soullessly utilitarian methods of the educational experts of his day, comes at a time when the classical-education movement is gaining momentum.”
Link: https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2024/10/the-bookshelf-9/