Is it too much to expect from the schools that they train their students not only to interpret … - Mortimer Adler

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For a person whose sole burning ambition is to write - like myself - college is useless beyond the Sophomore year.

Mortimer Adler

Is it too much to expect from the schools that they train their students not only to interpret but to criticize; that is, to discriminate what is sound from error and falsehood, to suspend judgement if they are not convinced, or to judge with reason if they agree or disagree?

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