A Student’s Guide to Liberal Learning is an inviting conversation with a learned scholar about the content of an authentic liberal arts education. It surveys ideas and books central to the tradition of humanistic education that has fundamentally shaped our country and our civilization. This accessible volume argues for an order and integration of knowledge so that meaning might be restored to the haphazard approach to study currently dominating higher education. Freshly conveying the excitement of learning from the acknowledged masters of intellectual life, this guide is also an excellent blueprint for building one’s own library of books that matter.

“Schall’s book can best be described as a 12-step program for higher education.” —FCS Quarterly

James V. Schall, S.J., is the author of many books, including Another Sort of Learning, The Order of Things, and The Life of the Mind. He is a professor of government at Georgetown University.