Monthly Archives: October 2017

Five Good Reasons to Avoid Being Educated

Posted on October 28, 2017 by marklangley

Sometimes in life we need to face difficult truths.  If we have been on the wrong side of an issue, we need to be open to change, and open to declaring an “about-face.” Even if it hurts! And so, after … Continue reading →

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The Elective System in Education: “You Cannot Train Everybody For Everything”

Posted on October 22, 2017 by marklangley

Whatever one may say about our twenty-eighth president’s views about The United States’ role as promoter of democracy and capitalism and interventionism throughout the world, I think we have to give him whole-hearted applause for his views on authentic liberal … Continue reading →

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In Education, The End Depends On The Beginning.

Posted on October 17, 2017 by marklangley

Incidentally, I haven’t read much of the Roman poet Manlius who “flourished” in the first century AD. But his famous line “Finisque ab origine pendet” from the fourth book of his Astronomicon appears to have been adopted by Phillips Exeter Academy as … Continue reading →

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A Third Reason Why Philosophy is The Best and Most Noble Music

Posted on October 10, 2017 by marklangley

Let’s see if we can make this argument quickly and effectively! We have given two reasons why Socrates said that “Philosophy Is The Best And Most Noble Music.” We now present a third. Maybe there are more than three? But … Continue reading →

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Philosophy Is The Best And Most Noble Music: A Second Reason

Posted on October 9, 2017 by marklangley

Well, its time to give one more reason to support Socrates when he said that Philosophy Is The Best And Most Noble Music Otherwise I might forget it and then where will we be? As we mentioned, one reason that … Continue reading →

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The First Reason Why Philosophy Is The Best And Noblest Music

Posted on October 8, 2017 by marklangley

The first reason why philosophy is the best and noblest music is taken from what music shares with all the fine arts but has in a preeminent degree. All the fine arts are works of reason. (I prefer to say that … Continue reading →

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