This weekend I was musing over the word ‘nature’. It struck me that ‘nature’ has to be one of the most abused/over-used/confusing words in the Western languages. When we talk about a person’s ‘nature’, we may mean the essence of … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: October 2008
How we write Classical Writing
A lot of people have asked us how we ‘think up’ our lessons and writing projects for Classical Writing. To say we follow the ancient Greek progymnasmata doesn’t ring a bell with most of you. And why should it? Progym… … Continue reading
About Logic and Rhetoric
This is not to scare younger homeschool moms away from Classical Writing or this blog spot, but for the philosophical blog post for the week, I thought I would share the thoughts behind our approach to logic and rhetoric in … Continue reading
CW projects in the works, October 2008
Currently we have more than a few projects going at the same time. I just completed CW Herodotus Core book for beta testing. It is a book that focuses on Judicial rhetoric (the rhetoric of the court room). It teaches … Continue reading
Blogging about CW
I have been asked several times about a blog for CW, a place where people can see what we’re thinking and where we’re going. This is it… We will share some ‘in the works’ posts about what we are currently … Continue reading