Here are ten books I found thought-provoking: 1. Metaphors We Live by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson. Listen to this article. Thinking is fundamentally metaphorical. Instead of reasoning about things directly, Lakoff and Johnson argue, we reason through analogy to more primitive experiences. Language is a conduit. Bigger numbers are higher up. The Metaphysical Club [Menand, Louis] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Metaphysical Club It's a Wonderful Life. 1. The People vs. Larry Flynt, which opened on Christmas Day, is the story of a free-spirited entrepreneur who dares to flout every canon of piety and taste. Though his irreverence is ratified by an enormous commercial success, he is persecuted incessantly by hypocritical bluenoses, convicted of absurd charges "Live and Learn," written by Louis Menand, is an article that was published by The New Yorker on June 6, 2011. The New yorker has been around since 1925 when created by Harold Ross. The New yorker The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America 1st (first) Edition by Menand, Louis [2002] [Menand, Louis] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America 1st (first) Edition by Menand, Louis [2002] Louis Menand, a professor of English and American literature at Harvard University, presented three different theories for the purpose of higher education in The New Yorker's article named, Live and Learn: Why We Have College. Menand (2011) claims that the reasons for a college education are meritocratic, democratic, and vocational. That is part of the purpose of education. This point is, I believe, what is missing in Louis Menand's recent piece about higher education in The New Yorker, "Live and Learn" (June 6, 2011). Menand lists there two different theories of the purpose of higher education. In the current New Yorker, Louis Menand says there is a puzzle about how Franklin Roosevelt got reëlected: When Roosevelt ran for reëlection in 1936, the unemployment rate was 16.9 per cent, almost twice what it had been in 1930. Yet he won five hundred and twenty-three electoral votes, and his opponent Alf Landon, eight. In "Report tout benefit of college education" there is a list of what benefits will college graduates get. "No College Education, Fewer Job Prospects; 'Left Out or Forgotten? Louis Menand Live And Learn Analysis. article "Live and Learn" written by Louis Menand presents three different purposes of college. The first theory The author, Louis Menand who wrote, "Live and Learn: Why We Have College" and says there are three theories of education. Theory one argues that GPA is the only important aspect of college. Theory two asserts that the student learns for the sake of learning and what the student learns actually matters. Louis Menand, a college professor and the author of "Live and Learn: Why We Have College," explains the meaning of college through three theories that have been developed. Theory 1 supports the idea of the sorting-out process that separates the highly intelligent from the less intelligent. To ask why this is so would be a far more useful project. If the authors are serious, this is a silly, distasteful book. If they are not, it's a brilliant satire. 26. Pub Date: Sept. 1, 1998. ISBN: -670-88146-5. Page Count: 430. Publisher: Viking. Review Posted Online: May 20, 2010. To ask why this is so w