Tomorrow, I am speaking at the Southwestern Conference for Classical Christian Educators on the topic of Great Books. Below is my introduction to my speech. “Due to neglect of our rich heritage in the West our civilization is crumbling. Powerful and seductive ideas have gripped the minds of the Western man and have caused him [...]
Archive for June, 2006
June 24, 2006
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What Has Happened to the Great Books and Why Christian Educators Need to Get Back to Them
By Andrew McKnight Selby in Education
June 8, 2006
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College “Hookup” Culture
By Andrew McKnight Selby in People and RelationshipsThis June 15 Rolling Stone article had my stomach doing flips in sadness and disgust. The attitude toward sex at Duke – and probably many college campuses – is heart-breaking. The emptiness and brokenness of the “hookup” culture should make our American culture in general and Christians in particular do some soul-searching about what sex [...]
June 4, 2006
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Active Christian Media Review: How to Be Your Own Publicist
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Reviews (Books)Jessica Hatchigan’s How to Be your Own Publicist is an invaluable resource for anyone who owns a business or wants to promote themselves in some capacity. Written for the novice, Hatchigan’s work is intelligent without being technical or obscure. Her prose is extremely readable (it took me barely any time to read her work, which [...]
June 2, 2006
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Thoughts on Theaetetus: Volume IV
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Education, Epistemology, Literature, PhilosophyWhy Volumes? I have no idea. It just seemed right. I missed last night’s session due to grading, but these are a few thoughts from tonight. Socrates’ relationship to Theaetetus is as a midwife to a person in labor, or so the famous analogy goes. It is curious, though, that rather than only asking questions [...]
June 1, 2006
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Logic: An Encomium
By Andrew McKnight Selby in PhilosophyI came across this encomium to logic and thought it was very worthy of a post: Logic is very beneficial because it frees our minds from faulty reasoning. It is with ease that I can praise logic, because of its obvious design: to use our intellectual powers correctly and to improve others and ourselves. In [...]