{"product_id":"2940013693609","title":"The Pursuit of Knowledge","description":"The process of education covers a large part of the activity of\u003cbr\u003emankind. It includes as its major elements the acquisition of\u003cbr\u003eknowledge and the development of capacity. It carries with it, as\u003cbr\u003eat least a by-product, the formation of moral character, once its\u003cbr\u003eprincipal aim. It includes to an increasing extent the care of\u003cbr\u003ephysical health and the training of the body. The social momentum,\u003cbr\u003esupplied by the institutions created for its use, carries forward\u003cbr\u003einto the search for new knowledge, which thus becomes, as it were,\u003cbr\u003ea part of education itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHence, in one form or another, the process of education fills a\u003cbr\u003econsiderable part of the life of every individual. For at least ten\u003cbr\u003eyears it is the chief activity of all of us; for twenty years in the\u003cbr\u003ecase of many of us; and for some it represents the work and the\u003cbr\u003emeaning of a lifetime. It follows that anything in the way of an\u003cbr\u003eanalysis of educational method and machinery, is of the highest\u003cbr\u003esocial import.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow, there may be observed as running all through the processes of\u003cbr\u003eeducation two rival principles, in a sense conflicting and yet\u003cbr\u003ecomplementary to one another. One of these is the principle of\u003cbr\u003ecompulsion, of having to do what we do not want to for the sake\u003cbr\u003eof some external or ultimate end. The other is the principle of\u003cbr\u003espontaneity, of doing what we want to do because we want to do it.\u003cbr\u003eSuch a principle is easily embodied in the familiar notions of \"art\u003cbr\u003efor art's sake,\" of \"knowledge as its own reward\", and similar\u003cbr\u003econcepts. In the present discussion, I propose to consider the\u003cbr\u003erelative values of these two principles, and the way in which either\u003cbr\u003eof them may be carried beyond its proper use.","brand":"WDS Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47068913664240,"sku":"2940013693609","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013693609","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}