Student Essay: The Power of Music
The study of music is not merely a pleasant pastime; it merits its status as one of the seven liberal arts, and belongs in all students’ education.
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The Great Conversation: Language
“The medium is the message,” Marshall McLuhan wrote, and when the Great Conversation touches on language, it’s hard to argue with him.
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St. Thomas à Kempis: An Author Profile
St. Thomas à Kempis’ “Imitation of Christ” is one of the most influential religious works in history, crossing denominational and even religious lines.
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The Great Conversation: Induction
Though often given second place beside deductive logic, induction is a powerful and surprisingly subtle instrument in the pursuit of knowledge.
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Herodotus: An Author Profile
Herodotus does not give us merely a drily “objective” outlook on the history he relates, but examines the rational and moral character of his subjects.
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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?
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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?
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More: An Author Profile
St. Thomas More’s conception of education tied it firmly to virtue, and specially to the virtue of humility, which he considered indispensable.
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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.
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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.
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