Category Archives: slavery

The Three Catharses

Posted on February 16, 2012 by marklangley

Our current endeavor is to discuss how it is that liberal education frees a person from slavery, and even more specifically how it frees a person from the slavery to passion. In chapter 6 of the Poetics, Aristotle gives us … Continue reading →

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A division of the four kinds of slavery from which Liberal education frees us.

Posted on February 2, 2012 by marklangley

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 →

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Liberal education, Aristotle and Catharsis

Posted on January 28, 2012 by marklangley
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Liberal Education and the Slavery to Passion

Posted on January 23, 2012 by marklangley

  I had mentioned before that liberal education is an education that “frees” the student specifically from four types of slavery.  It might be worth mentioning that while liberal education is wonderfully useful in advancing the happiness of a human … Continue reading →

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