great books
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On Reading the Great Books
A Philosophical Happy Hour inquiring after the merits of reading the Great Books and understanding the environment of the reader. The recovery of classical education, much in vogue today, has often been identified with the recovery of the Great Books. This is understandable: Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Boethius, Dante, Aquinas, Shakespeare, Newman, Dostoevsky, and others do…
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The Future is Technoclassical: Signs of the McLuhan Century (Part Three)
To appreciate how Dewey’s “progressive” educational model and Hutchins’ and Adler’s conservative or “classical” educational model were both inadequate responses to the technological environment of the 20th century – namely, the displacement of the print environment by the electric environment – it will be helpful to make a brief detour into the pioneering media analysis…
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Affiliates – Fall Term 2024
Our friends at the Catherine Project have announced their Fall term offerings for 2024, including a new “Life of the Mind” seminar that provides an initial foundation for study of the great books! The Catherine Project is fully free, though they have limited enrollment so apply today. You can also view their larger Fall catalog…