tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post3263468912256171934..comments2024-03-28T10:44:30.518-06:00Comments on American Creation: The Founders and Classical Education: It Wasn't Just About Latin, It Was About VirtueBrad Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17669677047039491864noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-65986170343666565832013-12-19T16:51:56.768-07:002013-12-19T16:51:56.768-07:00"Liberal education is liberation from vulgari...<br />"Liberal education is liberation from vulgarity. The Greeks had a beautiful word for “vulgarity”; they called it apeirokalia, lack of experience in things beautiful. Liberal education supplies us with experience in things beautiful."<br /><br />---from Apeirokalia and liberal education by Leo Strauss, 1959Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-87921186181888470152013-12-10T22:09:39.190-07:002013-12-10T22:09:39.190-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Mark D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05000893614655251587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-69892004679620259962013-12-10T22:09:38.667-07:002013-12-10T22:09:38.667-07:00I don't think that anyone would claim that a c...I don't think that anyone would claim that a classic education on its own is a guarantor of virtue. It may be helpful but it isn't sufficient. There are plenty of cads, scoundrels and downright foul people in history who had classical educations. Mark D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05000893614655251587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-79196043853618379882013-12-10T20:04:15.756-07:002013-12-10T20:04:15.756-07:00So Mark, what are we to make of the article's ...So Mark, what are we to make of the article's claim that "[Joe] Paterno found in Aeneas a hero shaped by a commitment to his divinely given mission for family and people." <br /><br />For all of its virtues, perhaps the classical canon cannot overcome its adherents' moral blind spots or take all the credit for "help[ing] to shape and defend our ethical and political ideals."JMSnoreply@blogger.com