Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed: Educating for the Virtues in the Twenty-First Century Audiobook

Quotes

• “Howard Gardner has written a wonderful book on the traditional virtues in a world where nothing traditional seems to stand firm. Drawing on an amazing range of contemporary science and knowledge,  exhibiting his characteristic enthusiasm for human possibilities and creativity, he shows us how, both  in formal education and beyond it, we can continue to expand our understanding of these central human goals: in a word, how to live in a world ever made different.”

  — Nathan Glazer, Professor of Education and Sociology Emeritus, Harvard University

• “This book is not merely informative, although it is surely that. It helps us understand and provokes us to think more deeply about some of the most important questions we face in trying to live a full and rewarding life.”

  — Derek Bok, former president, Harvard University

• “This is a profound deepening of Gardner’s earlier work on the various forms of intelligence. He now sees our ways of understanding the world as operating in, as it were, symphonic relations to each other, yielding the rich diversity that characterizes human thought in different cultural settings. This new book has a stunning freshness about it, a real leap forward. Bravo!”

  — Jerome Bruner, University Professor, New York University, and author of The Process of Education

• “There is cause for rejoicing. Howard Gardner, a leading expert in education and a keen observer of the cultural moment, believes that Truth, Beauty, and Goodness are salvageable…At a time of often justified cynicism, Gardner opts instead for reframing the teaching and practice of old virtues within the constraints of today, and, by so doing, estores their standing in the culture. His book is indispensable reading.”

  — Antonio Damasio, author of Self Comes to Mind and Looking for Spinoza

• “[Howard Gardener] gives special consideration to combating postmodernist defeatism and addressing social media’s growing role. Gardner also elucidates how the young and not-so-young can implement these new definitions, and how different age groups can engage in complementary manners as they strive toward the same goals. The author is a fluent and articulate writer.”

  — Kirkus