Modern Science and the Lie of the Soul
How the presuppositions underlying modern science cause us to claim a kind of knowing that is not warranted
Modern Science and the Lie of the Soul Read More »
How the presuppositions underlying modern science cause us to claim a kind of knowing that is not warranted
Modern Science and the Lie of the Soul Read More »
In reading books and discussing ideas, it is easy to forget that persons put these things into our possession, and that one day the books and ideas of our own age will be possessed by later generations
Translation and the Classical Mind Read More »
Until the time Plato began teaching, it is likely that the art associated with persuasive speaking in law courts and legislative assemblies had no technical name. Those who taught the skills of persuasion called themselves sophists, wise ones, and purported to teach wisdom in the form of powerful words. In Plato’s Gorgias, for example, Gorgias,
What’s in a Name? A Reflection on Language, Rhetoric & Dialectic Read More »
Why education rightly done is a path and not a method
Promises That Can’t Be Kept Read More »
Further thoughts on rhetoric, Truth, and Justice
Platos Persuasion of the Young, Part II Read More »
On Tyranny, Power, and Justice
Plato’s Persuasion of the Young Read More »
Reflecting on Dead’s Poet’s Society, The Picture of Dorian Gray, and Liberation
On Mr. Keating Moments Read More »
What Plato and Augustine Have to Say About How Change Happens
How to Help People Change, Part I Read More »
When can the steady, plodding, often frustrating, and rarely instantly gratifying pursuit of philosophy get a word in edgewise? Where can its spark alight in hearts besotted with flame retardant pleasures?
The Pains of Life-Long Learning Read More »
A review of David Diener’s “Plato: The Great Philosopher-Educator”
A Doorway to Plato Read More »
An excerpt from Louis Markos’ new handbook, C.S. Lewis: An Apologist for Education, published by Classical Academic Press
Envy and Egalitarianism: C.S. Lewis on Education Read More »
Re-thinking why we teach mathematics
Aiming Higher, Bridging Worlds Read More »