Reality and Creation
Reality and Creation By Josh Herring The Gadamerian concept of play and interpretation fits into a larger context of intelligent creativity. Go here for Part One. In his …
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In Conversation With Mr. Copeland
In Conversation With Mr. Copeland By Josh Herring Interpreting old texts lies at the heart of classical education. Can a form of “play” help us to do so …
The Great Conversation: Punishment
The Great Conversation: Punishment By Matt McKeown It is folly to punish your neighbor by fire when you live next door. Publilius Syrus The idea of punishment usually …
Ars Poetica
Ars Poetica By Gabriel Blanchard What role should poetry play in education? The study of poetry, in our day, tends to be thought of as a difficult and …
Four Marks of a Classic Book
Four Marks of a Classic Book By Gabriel Blanchard What do we mean when we call the great books “great”? The CLT author bank, our version of a …
Tolkien and the Classics
Tolkien and the Classics By Travis Copeland Tolkien’s thoughtful criticism of the Western canon starkly contrasts with the fashionable attacks on it in our own day. In a …
The Great Conversation: Medicine
The Great Conversation: Medicine By Gabriel Blanchard Medical science has changed immensely in the last few thousand years—but not always in the ways we might assume. The word …
The Great Conversation: Logic
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 …
The Great Conversation: Family
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 …
Disruption, or Development?
Disruption, or Development? There are few questions as contentious in education as what the curriculum should be and why. As Charlotte Mason pointed out over a century ago, …
