The University of the Middle Ages
Abstract
In the study of any educational institution a general view of the movements preceding it, is important. Education is progressive, and educational movements and institutions do not spring into existence without adequate historic and phycological succession. Educational institutions are a manifestation of the recognized needs of the age in which they arise. The statement that an institution is merely the lengthened shadow of a man is only partially true with regard to educational institutions. It is possible for an individual of leadership and vision to step to the head of a movement and guide its destiny. He may leave his influence deep upon the movement and his name may, in history and legend, be inseparably linked with it. But he is rather a product, the finest product if you will, of the educational movement which he has led. Thomas Aquinas is a proof of this.Education is not an affair of the individual, such as we meet in poetry and literature in general.
Subject Area
Education|History
Recommended Citation
Corby, Edmund, "The University of the Middle Ages" (1926). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI31189799.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI31189799
