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Matthew Lee AndersonEducation
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
Matthew Lee AndersonEducationEpistemology
Why 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 […]
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The relationship between teacher and student can take many forms. Modern educational approaches value the teacher insofar as he imparts information to the pupil. But traditional education is more akin
Matthew Lee AndersonEducationEpistemology
Theaetetus is introduced by Theodorus, a teacher of geometery who praises Theatetus for being acute, manly, and above all, a man of unique and peculiar gentleness. But is Theaetetus, a man of some nobility, a good student? Theodorus praises him […]
Matthew Lee AndersonEducationPhilosophyLiteratureEpistemology
Every year or so I get the immense privilege of hanging out with Dr. Al Geier, mentor of Dr. John Mark Reynolds, student of Leo Strauss, and the nearest thing
Matthew Lee AndersonEducation
Fred Sanders' post on Middlebrow outing nine art errors in that atrocious, yet very popular and profitable novel, The Da Vinci Code is a gem. I had plenty of
Matthew Lee AndersonEducation
Over at the fantastic blog Mere Comments, Dante translator Anthony Esolen wrote a piece urging the church to “raise the stakes” in the debate on homosexuality in the church by “blistering and frank condemnations of fornication — based on a […]
Keith E. BuhlerEducation
“It is impossible to teach from a religiously or philosophically neutral position.” St. Augustine Academy, Tulsa Oklahoma
Keith E. BuhlerEducationEpistemology
I want to be an intelligent person. Many people I know want to be intelligent persons, and pursue this end with much energy, vigour, and enthusiasm.... my question is about
Keith E. BuhlerEducationEpistemology
I want to be an intelligent person. Many people I know want to be intelligent persons, and pursue this end with much energy, vigour, and enthusiasm…. my question is about the purpose of all this bustle. Namely: What is the […]
Matthew Lee AndersonEducation
Tim Bayly of the WorldMag extention zeitgeist was simply giving a taste of things to come when he denounced Wheaton earlier this week. In the latest World, Gene Edward Veith has published the first of a three-part examination of Christian […]
Matthew Lee AndersonEducation
Joe Carter of evangelicaloutpost has added a number of "sideblogs" to World's main blog. Included is zeitgeist, a blog that seems to simply be smart people