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Tag Archives: slavery
Lent and Liberal Learning
Some things are never out of season and liberal education is one of them. As a matter of fact the Holy season of Lent provides the Christian with an opportunity to focus on the first thing that anyone should know about … Continue reading
Posted in classical education, Fine Arts, Liberal Arts, liberal education, Uncategorized
Tagged Duane Berquist, Lent, slavery
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Let’s pretend we’re all scientists!
Anyone who has studied history or philosophy will necessarily have become aware of various curiosities affecting the way people have spoken and expressed themselves in various times. I am not speaking about the various languages that people speak but rather … Continue reading
Posted in classical education, Mathematics, Science
Tagged custom, Empedolces, longitudinal study, research, science, slavery
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Slavery to Custom
I have to admit that of the four kinds of slavery that prevent us from thinking well and thinking for ourselves, slavery to custom is absolutely my favorite. The problem is that 75% of everything we say is said … Continue reading
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Tagged critical thinking, custom, Descartes, doubt, slavery
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Cave Dwellers
All of these people are cave dwellers. They live in the gloomy cave that Socrates describes in Book VII of The Republic (see http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/allegory.html). They are all looking at the wall in front of them upon which there are shadows … Continue reading
Posted in classical education, education, slavery
Tagged allegory of the cave, chains, liberal education, Plato, slavery, The Republic
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Slavery to Custom
Custom is a tyrant. I am well aware of the fact that this saying is not original to me. But the truth of it is becoming clearer and clearer to me with each passing year. Most of us are well … Continue reading
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Tagged Berquist, Liberal Arts, passions, slavery
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Give me that man that is not passion’s slave…
“Give me that man that is not passion’s slave, and I will wear him In my heart’s core, ay, in my heart of heart, As I do thee.” Thus Hamlet, speaking to Horatio (Act III Scene 2), extols the man who … Continue reading
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Tagged Aristotle, catharsis, passion, slavery
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A division of the four kinds of slavery from which Liberal education frees us.
I have already made the claim that a liberal education is an education that frees a person from something and it also frees a person for something. At present we are only speaking about what it frees a person from. … Continue reading
Posted in classical education, Liberal Arts, slavery
Tagged liberal education, slavery, The rule of two of three
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