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University
“I consider, then, that I am chargeable with no paradox, when I speak of a Knowledge which is it’s own end, when I call it liberal knowledge, or a gentleman’s knowledge, when I educate for it, and make it the scope of a University” (I. ... John Henry Newman wrote The Uses of Knowledge to express his ideas about knowledge, a liberal knowledge, and what a University is. Even though I agree a great deal with Newman’s thoughts about what a university is. ...
Newman believes that the purpose of a University is to be a physical place of teaching a universal knowledge. In other words, a university is a place where men learn ideas, beliefs, and lessons from teachers and classmates that they can apply to their own lives. Another purpose of a University is to teach students intellectually, not morally. A university does not teach us morally, but puts us in positions that we must reflect back on our morals. ... A university gives us knowledge to what is moral and what is not moral. Newman believes that a university is the place for usefulness, or utility, but not training. Newman explains that a University displays two kinds of usefulness, in society and individually. Society benefits from a University because people with knowledge are leaders. ...
Training is another part of a University that Newman agrees and disagrees with. ... The low aim is a man going to a University to get qualified training. ... A University seeks the health of an individual’s intellect. ... That is what a University does for a man. ...
“If Newman had to choose between a University that dispensed with residence and tutorial superintendence, and gave degrees to any person who passed an exam in many subjects or a University that had no professors or exams, Newman would choose the University with no professors because there would be no exams” (II.
Approximate Word count = 1365
Approximate Pages = 5.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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