In this book, the distinguished academic Sir Richard Livingstone raises his voice loudly, calling for the correct goal of education to be to raise a person's understanding, develop his talents, refine his morals, and arouse his interest in knowledge, truth, and goodness for their own sakes, not in pursuit of a material goal, and for a person to adopt a point of view toward life and a philosophy for it so that he does not stray from the right path in the wanderings of this world.
The author explains in detail the impact of literature, history, and religion in training people. He urges the necessity of paying attention to the study of ancient literature, especially Greek literature, because of the sublime wisdom, eloquent preaching, and fine literature it contains within it. He urgently and strongly calls for the abolition of exams, because of the serious damage they cause to education and learning.