Although written more than forty years ago, Paradoxes of Education in a Republic remains a relevant and enlightening analysis of American education. In this volume, Eva Brann places the debate on the means and ends of a liberal education from a perspective that goes beyond discussion of courses and particular books to claim that philosophical inquiry is far more important to the improvement of education than curricular and administrative schemes. She provides both a broad philosophical and historical analysis of education in any republic and specific, practical suggestions for achieving the education that will serve as the best preparation for life in our own republic.