I am Mark Langley. In case you didn't notice, I am all about liberal education.
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- Other Statues to Pull Down
- How Do You Restore Sacred Music? A Diocesan Directive Would Help.
- Why Does Christ Say His Yoke Is Easy?
- Three Reasons Why Catholic Classical Education is a Tough Sell
- How to Choose the Right Catholic High School for Your Children
- Newsflash: Just Because You Know What Virtue is Does Not Mean You are Virtuous.
- Do Your Children Know the Ten Commandments?
- Pagan Greeks Saw Easter Coming 500 Years Before It Happened!
- Feasting and Easter
- Did you know that our Lord’s death was a miracle?
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Tag Archives: Heraclitus
The privilege of teaching The Ten Commandments
Every couple of years I have the opportunity to teach a course on the commandments. I love this course. Happy is the teacher to whom such a task is assigned! As a matter of fact I feel just a little like … Continue reading
Posted in Decalogue, Heraclitus, Wisdom
Tagged Aquinas, Deuteronomy, Heraclitus, Moses, Solomon
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Two Reasons Why Things Are Difficult to Understand: Wisely and Slow Part IV
As has been thoroughly set forth and expounded here in a beautiful succinct and brilliant paper on this very subject, there are seven times when we need to go wisely and slow in our path towards wisdom, that is in … Continue reading
Posted in classical education, discussion, Heraclitus, Philosophy of Nature, truth for its own sake
Tagged Duane Berquist, Heraclitus, motion, time
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Classical Education and the Common Core
“Therefore, we ought to follow what is common”. Thus exhorted the philosopher Heraclitus in the seventh century B.C., and in our own time the governors and education commissioners of 45 states, as well as over 100 Catholic diocesan school systems … Continue reading
Posted in classical education, education, Liberal Arts
Tagged Common Core, Heraclitus, liberal education, Robert M Hutchins, Thales
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“Make Your House Fair” By A Catholic Liberal Education!
Christmastide provides us with an excellent opportunity to reflect on many things surrounding the birth of Our Lord not the least of which is Catholic Liberal Education. It is, of course, through education that the mind is disposed towards grace. … Continue reading
Posted in classical education, education
Tagged Heraclitus, People Look East, Robert M Hutchins, Shepherds, Stable
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Pagan Literature: The Milk of Catholic Liberal Education
For whereas for the time you ought to be masters, you have need to be taught again what are the first elements of the words of God: and you are become such as have need of milk, and … Continue reading
Posted in classical education, education, Homer, Sacred Doctrine
Tagged Aquinas, Chateau Margeaux, Heraclitus, Homer, Milk, Saint Paul
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History and Poetry
What has more the character of a scientist, the poet or the historian? That question might appear rather odd I suppose, because in our day we are accustomed to limit the word “scientist” only to those who wear some kind … Continue reading
Posted in classical education, education, History, Literature
Tagged chemistry, Heraclitus, science
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The Hidden Harmony Is Better Than The Apparent Harmony.
One of Plato’s teachers was Cratylus who in turn was a disciple of Heraclitus who was the author of the title of this post: “The hidden harmony is better than the apparent harmony.” Not surprisingly the central character in Plato’s … Continue reading
Posted in classical education, education
Tagged Cratylus, eyes of bats, Heraclitus, Hidden harmony, Phaedo, Plato, Socrates
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Dickens on Custom
A wise philosopher asked “what has more power in directing the course of our lives, reason or custom?” Reading A Tale of Two Cities cannot but convince one that custom is by far the predominant influence. Take this passage for … Continue reading
Posted in Custom, slavery
Tagged A Tale of Two Cities, Berquist, Charles Dickens, Heraclitus, Intellectual Custom, The Old Bailey
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Waking Up
As we were discussing the Decalogue in my Ethics class the other day, a question came up which struck me with new force. I say “struck me with new force” because I think the last time the question struck me … Continue reading
Posted in classical education, Liberal Arts
Tagged Heraclitus, Robert Hutchins, The Lyceum, Trivium, waking up
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