Source: Law & Liberty
by Aaron Alexander Zubia
“In Observations upon Liberal Education, Turnbull delivered ‘the substance of all that hath been said [on the subject of education] by the ancients or moderns’ — including Socrates, Aristotle, Cicero, Quintilian, Locke, Milton, and Rollin. Turnbull borrowed freely from these authors. He described education as the French historian Charles Rollin did, as ‘the art of fashioning the heart and mind.’ Although he recommended the Socratic method — that is, for-and-against argumentation — as the best way to teach, he did not think the teacher’s role was to remain ‘neutral’ about content. He stated plainly that education should be oriented toward the ‘true philosophy,’ which includes ‘just and full conceptions of human duty, dignity, and happiness.’ What makes Turnbull’s educational program liberal is that it enables the student to develop mastery over passions and appetites. This is a far cry from what we think of as ‘liberal’ today.” (03/16/26)
https://lawliberty.org/classic/education-for-virtue-and-liberty/