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Author
Publisher
ISI Books
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
The Devil Knows Latin is a provocative and illuminating examination of contemporary American culture. Its range is broad and fascinating. Whether discussing the importance of Greek and Latin syntax to our society, examining current trends in literary theory, education, and politics, or applying a classical perspective to contemporary films, Christian Kopff (Professor of Classics at the University of Colorado) is at home and on the mark. He outlines...
Author
Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
For over two millennia in the West, familiarity with the literature, philosophy, and values of the Classical World has been synonymous with education itself. The traditions of the Greeks explain why Western Culture's unique tenets of democracy, capitalism, civil liberty, and constitutional government are now sweeping the globe. Yet the general public in America knows less about its cultural origins than ever before, as Classical education rapidly...
4) How to keep from losing your mind: educating yourself classically to resist cultural indoctrination
Author
Publisher
TAN Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Liberal education is nothing other then the aquistion of a free mind. Unfortunately, too many of us have a mind shackled by ideologies and moved by outside forces. We're pulled and pushed by trends and the prevailing culture. Higher education has become ridiculously expensive and is producing graduates whose minds are anything but free, filled as they are with the prejudices of their teachers. Only when we break these shackles and habitually exercise...
Author
Publisher
CreateSpace
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The educators of ancient Greece and Rome gave the world a vision of what education should be. The medieval and Renaissance teachers valued their insights and lofty goals. Christian educators such as Augustine, Erasmus, Milton, and Comenius drew from the teaching of Plato, Aristotle, and Quintilian those truths which they found universal and potent. Charlotte Mason developed her own philosophy of education from the riches of the past, not accidentally...
Author
Publisher
Classical Conversations Multimedia
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
In The Question, the author shows parents and teachers how to ask questions that generate discussion, spark curiousity, and build strong parent-child relationships. This follow-up book to Bortins' The Core, gives parents the confidence they need to guide their children's education through middle school and beyond.