Category Archives: classical education

Konrad Lorenz and “The Language of Animals”

Posted on November 22, 2012 by marklangley

Konrad Lorenz’s King Solomon’s Ring is fantastic reading for students in seventh grade and above. Like Jean Henri Fabre, Lorenz is a disciple of nature and a son of Heraclitus when he says: “wisdom is to speak the truth and … Continue reading →

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Excellence in Catholic Identity!

Posted on October 7, 2012 by marklangley

The Cardinal Newman Society once again recognized The Lyceum in its biannual High School honor role.  See their recently published list “Nation’s Top 50 Catholic High Schools Announced” I am especially pleased because with a classy name like “The Lyceum,” … Continue reading →

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A Case for Classical Education

Posted on September 8, 2012 by marklangley

Here is a great little article in First Things about the plight of Catholic diocesan schools in America, and how independent Catholic schools which focus on providing a classical Catholic education are providing the viable path for Catholic education. The … Continue reading →

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The Curse of Liberal Education… Continued

Posted on August 18, 2012 by marklangley

As much as I have always loved liberal education, even I will admit that it does have a fairly obvious downside. I call this downside “the curse of liberal education.” What is this curse? Quite simply, liberal education arouses the … Continue reading →

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Intellectual Virtues

Posted on August 3, 2012 by marklangley

  It is in knowledge as it is in swimming, – he who ostentatiously sports and flounders on the surface makes more noise and splashing, and attracts more attention than the industrious pearl diver, who plunges in search of treasures … Continue reading →

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Nouns and verbs…. what’s the difference?

Posted on August 2, 2012 by marklangley

When we teach children throughout the world that a noun is a name that signifies a “person place or thing” and a verb is a word that signifies an “action or event or state of being,” do we think that … Continue reading →

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Recapitulation

Posted on April 8, 2012 by marklangley

Before discussing what liberal education frees us for,  it is a good time to recapitulate what Liberal education what if frees us from  as well as how it frees us from the things that it free us. First we say … Continue reading →

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Slavery to Error

Posted on April 1, 2012 by marklangley

Liberal education proposes ultimately union with Christ the Truth who will set us free. But it proposes that we achieve this freedom in the order of grace through achieving, insofar as we are able, freedom in the order of nature. … Continue reading →

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Temporal Custom

Posted on March 18, 2012 by marklangley
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Let’s pretend we’re all scientists!

Posted on March 15, 2012 by marklangley

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 →

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