Download or read book Orators & Philosophers written by Bruce A. Kimball and published by College Board. This book was released on 1995 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this prize-winning book, Bruce Kimball provides a cogent study of the historical evolution of the idea of liberal education. Clearly and forcefully argued, the book portrays this evolution as a struggle between two contending points of view - one oratorical and the other philosophical - that have interacted, often controversially, from antiquity to the present.