"Teaching is an art: the teacher is an artist" Jacques Maritain, one of today's great teachers, discusses the philosophy, principles and problems of education. After one-half century of teaching and evaluating, this eminent Thomist presents conclusions that make a lasting contribution to twentieth-century thought. Dr. Maritain is well known for his original and sometimes controversial ideas; THE EDUCATION OF MAN is a collection of his philosophical treatment on the theme of education, the status of Christian education at the present time and the sort of education the person living in a free society is entitled to receive. Maritain's major works on education in this volume range the disciplines from contemporary psychiatry and psychology to the philosophy of Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas; consequently the collection should be an invaluable supplementary text in universities and colleges for the study of the philosophy of education. Editors Donald and Idella Gallagher have written a critical introduction that adds much to the book. --