I am Mark Langley. In case you didn't notice, I am all about liberal education.
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- Three Ways We Should Read Sacred Scripture
- Two Reasons Why Things Are Difficult to Understand
- The first two places we need to go “wisely and slow”(ly)
- Seven times to proceed wisely and slow
- Slow down, you move too fast!
- The Lord’s Prayer: What Does “Lead Us Not Into Temptation” Mean?
- Easter 2019! Boeuf en Croute Alleluia!
- Tiny Catholic School Sues City to Protect Civil Rights and Religious Freedom
- The Prodigal Son and The Prodigal Mind: Our Lord’s Parable for Educators
- St. John Henry Newman on Liberal Education: A Scandal
- A Case for Bribery
- “’Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.”: Why we are Tempted
- To Hell with The Socratic Method!
- Why We Read Herodotus
- Did You Know That Your Soul Has Twenty Six Powers?
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Author Archives: marklangley
Three Ways We Should Read Sacred Scripture
In scene two of the third Act of Romeo and Juliet, Friar Laurence cautions Romeo, Wisely and Slow, they stumble that run fast. Now, even those who have not read the play can guess that Romeo probably did not take … Continue reading
Posted in Aquinas, Custom, Mathematics, The Mass, Wisdom
Tagged Docility, Duane Berquist, Shakespeare, The Roman Missal, wisely and Slow
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Two Reasons Why Things Are Difficult to Understand
As has been thoroughly set forth and expounded by the inimitable philosopher, the late great Duane Berquist, in a beautiful succinct and brilliant paper on this very subject, there are seven times when we need to go wisely and slow in … Continue reading
Posted in classical education, education, Shakespeare
Tagged Duane Berquist, Romans 1:20, Saint Paul, wisely and Slow
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The first two places we need to go “wisely and slow”(ly)
I can tell when a topic is so fascinating that people are just not ready to move on. And you, O fortunate reader, are lucky that I have this gift! Many would have long since abandoned the interesting topic of … Continue reading
Posted in classical education, education
Tagged Berquist, Euclid, Shakespeare, wisely and Slow
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Seven times to proceed wisely and slow
This past January 22, the philosopher Duane Berquist died. Among his many virtues, Duane Berquist had the distinction of being a wise man. Readers of lionandox.com might already be familiar with some of Dr. Berquist’s thought to the extent that … Continue reading
Posted in philosophy, Shakespeare, Wisdom
Tagged Berquist, Friar Laurence, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet
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Slow down, you move too fast!
The lazy hazy days of summer are here and I can’t think of more appropriate advice to give anyone than that which Friar Laurence gave to Romeo: ROMEO O, let us hence; I stand on sudden haste. FRIAR LAURENCE Wisely … Continue reading
The Lord’s Prayer: What Does “Lead Us Not Into Temptation” Mean?
Well… I tried explaining this very thing back in 2017 but as a seasoned teacher, I know the importance of repetition. More than most, I know that, “Repetitio est mater memoriae!” Additionally, (and thankfully!) we classical teachers are an extremely patient … Continue reading
Posted in Aquinas, Augustine, Lord's Prayer, Temptation, The Passion
Tagged εἰσενέγκῃς, lead us not into temptation, Lord's Prayer
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Easter 2019! Boeuf en Croute Alleluia!
Easter came a little later this year, but as a good friend likes to remind me, God is seldom early but He is never late! I am not sure how true this is, but it does seem to describe pretty well … Continue reading
Tiny Catholic School Sues City to Protect Civil Rights and Religious Freedom
The Lord does work in mysterious ways! When I founded The Lyceum in 2003, along with a couple of other teachers, a handful of adventurous students and their daring parents, none of us ever envisioned that our small school would ever … Continue reading
The Prodigal Son and The Prodigal Mind: Our Lord’s Parable for Educators
Our Lord’s parable about the man who had two sons, upon the younger of whom tradition has bestowed the sobriquet ‘prodigal,’ provides an excellent lesson for parents everywhere who are concerned about the education of their children. I have a … Continue reading
Posted in Ambrose, Augustine, Catena Aurea, college, education, liberal education, soul, truth for its own sake
Tagged Creation of Adam, Lent, Prodigal Son, Sabrina, St. Ambrose
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St. John Henry Newman on Liberal Education: A Scandal
Saint John Henry Newman, speaking of the unique status of Western Civilization in the history of the world, emphatically asserts, I think it has a claim to be considered as the representative Society and Civilization of the human race, as … Continue reading
