Buber teaches us that we cannot exist in isolation, knowing only an environment full of objects; we must live in relationship to others to truly live.

True education is not directed toward enabling students to be successful in society, but rather toward forming them into virtuous human beings who are equipped to live well.

The importance of pseudo-Dionysius lies not in his exposition of the geometries of creation, but in his mystical theology, which contextualizes all our knowledge in the mystery of what transcends knowledge.

Sophocles wants us to learn that in the face of suffering, the question of what it means to be human is not being posed to the one who suffers, but to those whose lives are comfortable and pleasant.

If a liberal education claims to introduce students to great works of literature, history, philosophy, and religion that they might not take up on their own, to help prepare them for a lifetime of learned reading, the works of J. R. R. Tolkien certainly merit inclusion.

Reading Tacitus doesn’t just help students understand historical events; it helps them understand the culture of the time through one of its own citizens, speaking across two millennia.