classical education
collocation in Englishmeaningsofclassicalandeducation
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classical
adjective
uk/ˈklæs.ɪ.kəl/us/ˈklæs.ɪ.kəl/
traditional in style or form, or based on methods developed over a long period of time, and considered to be of ...
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education
noun[S or U]
uk/ˌedʒ.ʊˈkeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌedʒ.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/
the process of teaching or learning, especially in a school or college, or the knowledge that you get ...
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(Definition ofclassicalandeducationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Arrangements as diverse as the money economy,classicaleducation, the chain store, fundamentalism and democracy are institutions.
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In the past, aclassicaleducationwas the privileged norm.
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It is in a very remote situation; and it has a very long-standing tradition of its own inclassicaleducation.
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I desire to stress the importance both ofclassicaleducationand of technical education.
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The advantages ofclassicaleducationhave been recognised by most of the learned men in the past.
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We have had in our history a certain tradition ofclassicaleducation.
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I think the best way to teach a person to be a historian is to give him aclassicaleducation.
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It might reach some people with aclassicaleducationin that way.
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It has been said of aclassicaleducationthat it enables you to despise the wealth which it prevents you from acquiring.
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You need a soundclassicaleducationbefore you can really enjoy it.
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I do not want to be led into a discussion as to the advantages or disadvantages of aclassicaleducation.
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The old-fashioned, first-classclassicaleducationat the oldest universities has no equal, except the old-fashioned craft apprenticeships.
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He spoke of inspectors being chosen for theirclassicaleducation.
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I am not criticising him for that; he had aclassicaleducationand cannot be expected to get these little matters right.
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I cannot easily distinguish between aclassicaleducation, a modern education and a technical education.
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A cynic once said that the great advantage ofclassicaleducationis that it enables you to despise the wealth which it prevents you from creating.
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It should be also remembered that humanistic andclassicaleducationand study is by no means inconsistent with the pursuit of the more practical problems in life.
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I say nothing derogatory aboutclassicaleducation.
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The word's early connection with theclassicaleducationof a medieval university soon gave way to a proliferation of different denotations and connotations.
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The liberal arts and aclassicaleducationwere for him only a means to an ethical and religious end.
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