I am Mark Langley. In case you didn't notice, I am all about liberal education.
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- What does ‘On Earth As It Is In Heaven’ mean?
- Three Ways We Should Read Sacred Scripture
- Two Reasons Why Things Are Difficult to Understand
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Author Archives: marklangley
Move over Jordan!
Well, Jordan failed again to show up for an extemporaneous chat about Pope Pius XI’s FANTASTIC encyclical on Christian education Divini Illius Magistri. I was more than happy to fill in for him.
Socrates and Jesus: On dangerous teaching methods and the lack of published works
Jesus and Socrates are alike in two striking ways. Not that we are the first to compare the two. Actually, I am singularly unversed in what other thinkers like Montaigne and Mill, Kierkegaard and Nietzsche had to say about the … Continue reading
Posted in discussion, Socrates, socratic dialogue
Tagged Duane Berquist, Platonic Dialogues, Socrates, spoken word
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Concerning the ill-advised changes to the Lord’s Prayer. Lionandox meets “The Catholic Current”
In light of the recent ill-advised yet “approved” inept translations/changes to the Lord’s Prayer (and the Gloria) by the Holy See for both French and Italian Catholics…what else can one do but argue for accurate translations on the radio with … Continue reading
There are no teachers.
At the outset of a new academic year those of us who have the privilege of working with students in that mysterious process that we call ‘education,’ are again confronted with the question about how we might succeed a little … Continue reading
Posted in classical education, education
Tagged call no man teacher, Classical Education, doctor, electrician, plumber, Teacher
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Liberal Education Works: Volume 20 (Fence Building)
My chief regret this summer is that I found no time to pack in another Dickens novel. Nothing says summer better than packing in a Dicken’s novel. Come to think of it, I don’t think I’ve read a Dickens novel … Continue reading
Posted in liberal education works, Work
Tagged Aristotle, De Partibius Animalium, farmer's jack, Fence building, quickrete
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What does ‘On Earth As It Is In Heaven’ mean?
Punctuation can often be misleading, especially when translators are faced with punctuating a text which has no punctuation. And so when we read the Lord’s Prayer in the Gospel of Saint Matthew we are perhaps accustomed to reading the first … Continue reading
Posted in Aquinas, Augustine, Catena Aurea, Lord's Prayer
Tagged Catena Aurea, Lord's Prayer, thy will be done
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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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