Gibbon: The First Modern Historian
Gibbon: The First Modern Historian By Matt McKeown Gibbon has left his mark on English-language literature and history. In the United States, we tend to associate 1776 with …
Gibbon: The First Modern Historian By Matt McKeown Gibbon has left his mark on English-language literature and history. In the United States, we tend to associate 1776 with …
Bunyan: Mapmaker of the Soul By Matt McKeown Bunyan conveys great moral and spiritual insight in a surprisingly accessible novel. The Pilgrim’s Progress is one of the most …
The Great Conversation: Logic By Matt McKeown Why don’t they teach logic in these schools? Logic is the name of a few closely related things. It is often …
Wollstonecraft: Rights and Revolution By Matt McKeown Wollstonecraft represented the first glimmer of female equality before the law. From humble beginnings in the late Georgian era of England, …
The Great Conversation: Family By Matt McKeown The family is a universal context and, accordingly, a universal concept. The family is one of the oldest institutions in human …
Thucydides:The Other Father of History Fifth-century BC Athens is one of the keys to understanding Western thought and history. For better or worse, to this day, our politics, …
Stowe:Liberty and Justice for All Born into one prominent abolitionist family and married into another, Harriet Beecher Stowe was one of the most influential women of her day. …
The Great Conversation:Custom & Convention One of the oldest conversations in philosophy is about the contrast—to some minds, conflict—between custom or convention on the one hand and nature …
A Reflection on Catholic Schools Week This week, the Classic Learning Test celebrates Catholic Schools Week, an annual celebration of Catholic education in the United States. Dioceses and …
Should We Study Film? Most fans of the CLT probably support teaching the liberal arts (or, more broadly, the humanities). The arts form an important element in education, …