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The Right Breadth: Go Read Something

August 4th 2009

Cross posted from the Castoff Review.
Speaking of “great books” and education, see this selection from an interview with Charles Taylor, philosopher:
At the time of Max Weber – maybe we nostalgically magnify that – and even slightly later, you found that philosophy students in Germany, were given an incredibly broad course in Greek philosophy and the [...]

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Liberal Arts & Great Books Renaissance?

July 31st 2009

Cross posted from the Castoff Review.
There is a small and mostly unnoticed renaissance of sorts occurring in this country, arising out of a renewed interest in the study of fundamental ideas and the serious books which explicate them. Check out this WSJ article by Emily Esfahani-Smith describing students from 12 to 17 who willingly [...]

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