From Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature: There are two ways of enjoying the past, as there are two ways of enjoying a foreign country. One man carries his Englishry abroad with him and brings it home unchanged. Wherever he … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Great Books
Summer Reading
Anyone who has a library and a garden wants for nothing. ~ Cicero One of my favorite things about summer vacation is that I have a bit more time to read; at least, in the summer I can do more … Continue reading
Preparing to Read the Great Books
Classical Writing’s recommended literature selections are now available on our website. But I have since received several emails about how to prepare for (as well as how to tackle) reading what we call “Great Books”. Well, let’s start by saying that every … Continue reading
Using Older Literature in Classical Education
Among those educators who honestly strive hard to teach kids to write well, who believe in punctuation, spelling, syntactical, and logical correctness, there are two schools of thought: 1. The correctness school: People in this school tend to prefer modern … Continue reading