“There never was a time when those that read at all, read so many books by living authors rather than books by dead authors. Therefore there was never a time so completely parochial, so completely shut off from the past.” T.S. Eliot “It is a good rule, after reading a new book, never to allow […]
After a long and glorious history, classical education was discarded wholesale by the educational “philosophers” of the late 19th century? Why? Four errors come to mind: Education in the Liberal Arts became a vacuous “general education” when the liberal arts lost their identity as the seven. The natural sciences were unmoored from the liberal arts
The fifth week of our Further Up and Further In fundraising auction began today and we have some fantastic items on which you can bid. We are offering: 1. The Russell Kirk Book Collection from ISI Books: 6 books from one of the leading conservative thinkers of the twentieth century ($125.00 value starting at $10)
