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Tag Archives: Shakespeare
Why I do not want to be the King of Scotland
I’m not so certain that I want to be king of Scotland anymore. After reading The Tragedy of Macbeth with my students, I am having a difficult time shaking off a sense that life is meaningless when worldly ambition is the governing principle. … Continue reading
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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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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The Ability for Large Discourse
Today we shall content ourselves with a purely intellectual discourse. Why? Because you and I, my dear reader, both possess the ability for large discourse! And as we all know, reaching way back to the vestiges and remnants of learning from our … Continue reading
Posted in Shakespeare, Wisdom
Tagged Berquist, Hamlet, large discourse, Reason, Shakespeare
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The Attempt And Not The Deed Confounds Us.
Of all the authors we should compel our students to read, surely no one is so foolhardy as to demand a reason for reading Shakespeare. I can forgive the one who asks, Why should students read Aeschylus? Or Why do you force them … Continue reading
Posted in classical education, Literature, Shakespeare
Tagged Macbeth, Sermon on Mount, Shakespeare, St. John Paul II
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Wisely and Slow: Salutary Advice For Students in the New Year II
Today is an excellent day for me to post the salutary advice that I have gathered from the wisest man in the world, with whom, as I have mentioned before, I have a direct (but carefully guarded) line of communication. … Continue reading
Posted in Shakespeare, Socrates, Wisdom
Tagged Berquist, Gandalf, Shakespeare, Socrates, wisely and Slow
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Six Characteristics By Which To Identify The Wisest Man
As Heraclitus said (and we never tire of repeating) “If you do not expect the unexpected you will never find it, for it is hard to find and inaccessible.” This is certainly a wise statement. A clear example of its … Continue reading
Posted in education, Literature, Music, Shakespeare, Wisdom
Tagged Aquinas, Aristotle, Mozart, Philosopher, Shakespeare
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The Lyceum: Making the Extraordinary Ordinary
Yesterday The Lyceum celebrated its Ninth Annual Commencement Exercises and as is now traditional the day began with Holy Mass. I think an alternate motto for The Lyceum should be “making the extraordinary ordinary” because that is what happens just … Continue reading
Posted in classical education, Fine Arts, Music, Shakespeare
Tagged Christopher Tye, Handel, Palestrina, Shakespeare, The Lyceum, Thucydides, William Byrd
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Education And Second Thoughts
As often noted in this ‘little journal’ which is ostensibly about liberal education and the “formation of Catholic liberally educated ladies and gentlemen,” liberal education is supposedly something that frees students. I say “supposedly” because as a high school teacher, … Continue reading
Posted in classical education, Shakespeare
Tagged good beginning, second thoughts, Shakespeare
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