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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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Liberal Education….Why bother?

Posted on January 5, 2012 by marklangley

Liberal education, why would anyone want to do that? Those of us who are proponents of classical liberal education have an uphill battle to fight. Even the phrase “liberal education” would seemingly have to be abandoned simply because of the … Continue reading →

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“To Form Liberally Educated Catholic Ladies and Gentlemen”

Posted on December 23, 2011 by marklangley

As a mission statement I can think of none better for The Lyceum than “to form Liberally educated Catholic ladies and gentlemen” – that is, as far as truth is concerned. But I do wonder whether it might be the … Continue reading →

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