Student Essay: The Importance of History
Those who refuse to learn history, as the saying goes, are bound to repeat it. What can we glean from the past to improve our own time and guide our future?
The Great Conversation: Happiness
What is happiness? Is virtue necessary for happiness, or are they in competition with each other? Is happiness under our control or beyond it?
Thomas More: What Makes a “Man For All Seasons”?
St. Thomas More’s conception of education tied it firmly to virtue, and specially to the virtue of humility, which he considered indispensable.
Abandoning America’s Founding Ideals
It cannot be disputed that we as a nation have failed to live up to our ideals. But this failure of action does not diminish the value of these ideals; indeed, it only highlights our desperate need for them.
Student Essay: Aristotelian and Biblical Friendship
Is Aristotle’s idea of friendship and its virtues in harmony with Biblical depictions of friendship, or in conflict with them? Tabitha Jacobs explains.
C. S. Lewis: Imagination and Joy
The life of the imagination, according to Lewis, has the capacity to reflect and communicate divine truth; to divide imagination from reason is foolishness.
Student Essay: The Value of Foreign Languages
Is it useful to learn languages for any reason other than being able to communicate, or is their value strictly utilitarian? Miss Sophia Theis explains.
Historical Test Day for CLT
This past weekend on June 20, CLT administered its second ever completely remote proctored exam to thousands of students. While the day had its ups and downs, overall it was a huge success.
Boethius: The Consolation of Philosophy
The wheel of fortune, the problem of evil, and the mystery of divine foreknowledge are famous problems; Boethius, in a forgotten book, addressed them all.
Why a “Hard” Education Is Better
It isn’t really possible to make a child love learning; you can only make them learn. Their loves will be their own.
