The Lost Tools of Learning

Dorothy L. Sayers

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Idioma: inglés

Editorial: Martino Fine Books, 2026

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - First delivered as a lecture at Oxford University in the summer of 1947, The Lost Tools of Learning is one of the most influential and widely read essays on education written in the twentieth century. In it, Dorothy L. Sayers - one of the finest minds of her generation - makes a bold and brilliantly argued case that modern education has lost its way, not because it teaches the wrong subjects, but because it has forgotten how to teach children to think.Sayers argues that we have come to teach children everything except how to learn. Drawing on the medieval scholastic tradition, she proposes a return to the classical Trivium - the three-stage framework of Grammar, Logic, and Rhetoric - as the proper foundation for all education. In her vision, these are not merely subjects but tools: the fundamental instruments of the mind that, once mastered, allow a student to approach any subject with confidence, clarity, and independent judgment.With her characteristic wit, precision, and intellectual daring, Sayers traces the decline of rigorous thinking in modern schools and offers a practical and inspiring alternative - a curriculum designed not to fill young minds with facts, but to forge them into capable, independent thinkers equipped for life.Why This Essay MattersSince its first publication, The Lost Tools of Learning has sparked a worldwide renaissance in classical education. It lies behind the founding of dozens of classical schools across the United States and has been read by hundreds of thousands of educators, parents, and students seeking a more meaningful and rigorous approach to learning. It remains as urgent, provocative, and relevant today as when Sayers first delivered it nearly eighty years ago.About the AuthorDorothy Leigh Sayers (1893-1957) was one of the most remarkable English writers of the twentieth century. One of the first women to be awarded a degree from Oxford University, she went on to become celebrated as a crime novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and translator. Her popular Lord Peter Wimsey detective series earned her recognition as one of the four Queens of Crime alongside Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, and Margery Allingham. A colleague and occasional member of the celebrated literary circle known as the Inklings - which included C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Owen Barfield - Sayers brought to everything she wrote a formidable intellect, deep Christian faith, and a gift for making complex ideas vivid and accessible. Her translation of Dante's Divine Comedy remains highly regarded to this day.…

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Título
The Lost Tools of Learning
Autor
Dorothy L. Sayers
Editorial
Martino Fine Books
Año de publicación
2026
Estado
Neu
Encuadernación
Taschenbuch
Idioma
inglés
ISBN 13
9798898780449
Peso del artículo
73 gramos
Dimensiones
229x152x3 mm

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