Abstract

On the whole this is a useful contribution to an understanding of the meaning and aims of Catholic Education. It analyses the meaning of ends and applies the analysis to the matter of education, examining the implications of this in practice. It is based frankly on scholastic ideas, definitions and divisions applied to the statements of Catholic educational authorities. It assumes acquaintance with scholastic philosophy; consequently those who lack a knowledge of it may find the more abstract parts bewildering at first. They will probably be helped by the copious illustrations though personally I found some of these, if not perhaps flippant, at least slightly out of key.