January 14, 2011

Perhaps my besetting sin is discontentment. If you also struggle with it, may I suggest you read this marvelous little post from Peter Leithart?

A stimulating article on the limitations of the Great Books over at MajorChange.com: What destroyed classical education was the preference for information rather than skills. When we read Francis Bacon declaring in the 1620s that “Knowledge is Power!” we find the motto not of classical learning, but of its abandonment. It was the desire for

Most people want “a seat at the table” and many people feel excluded. In particular, Christians generally feel unwelcome at the table of the education establishment. Not terribly long ago, I heard a Christian education leader say that he “just wanted a seat at the table.” I’m not sure what he meant, because the metaphor