{"product_id":"9781614872382","title":"Observations upon Liberal Education","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1742 and presented here in its first modern edition, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eObservations upon Liberal Education\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is a significant contribution to the Scottish Enlightenment and the moral-sense school of Scottish philosophy. George Turnbull embodied these movements of ideas as much as his more famous contemporary Francis Hutcheson.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eObservations,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e Turnbull applied these ideas to the education of youth. He showed how a liberal education fosters true “inward liberty” and moral strength and thus prepares for responsible and happy lives in a free society. He drew upon an impressive number of authors, both ancient and modern, including John Locke. Indeed, there is probably no richer treasure trove of sources for the educational debates of the eighteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTerrence Moore, who wrote the introduction, notes that “\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eObservations upon Liberal Education\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e provides an extensive and illuminating treatment of education, sensitive to the means of inculcating the personal responsibility necessary for living in a free society.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTurnbull was the mentor of Thomas Reid, but his influence was not confined to Scotland. Benjamin Franklin, in drafting his \u003ci\u003eProposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pensilvania,\u003c\/i\u003e drew generously from \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eObservations.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Turnbull\u003c\/b\u003e (1698–1748) belongs to the founding figures in the Scottish Enlightenment. Finding their native Calvinism repressive, they sought a rational religion closely associated with their new science of human nature, supportive of tolerance, and compatible with classical ideals.\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTerrence O. Moore, Jr.,\u003c\/b\u003e is Principal of Ridgeview Classical Schools in Fort Collins, Colorado.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKnud Haakonssen\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Intellectual History at the University of Sussex, England.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liberty Fund, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47181141704944,"sku":"9781614872382","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781614872382_p0.jpg?v=1763849372","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781614872382","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}