Many personal experiences have convinced this author that philosophers of education have a highly important mission in the world. The fundamental problems in education and in the public world are not abstruse, abstract, or hidden: they are ordinary and open to view. All they require is clarity of thought, appropriate knowledge and methods for resolving them, and above all, all the human virtues and excellences that characterize genuine dialogue and a civilized way of life. In his book, "Education as Dialogue," Kazepides extends the argument that invites the reader to see education as dialogue and to appreciate dialogue's intrinsic value. He contends that the prerequisites of dialogue are the necessary foundations of genuine dialogue and education, and that they require different methods for teaching them than propositional learning.