Tag: reason
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The Soul of Education, Part 6: St. Augustine and the Incorporeal Ascent
In this series, we have been analyzing the views of the soul in the great thinkers and philosophies of the western tradition. Our working thesis is that our anthropology will inform our pedagogy, even and perhaps especially when we are unaware of our philosophical assumptions, which are often a jumbled up mess. Like an attic…
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Irrigating Deserts in Schools: The Redemption of Emotion in an Age of Feeling
In a world of sensationalistic news, propaganda, and emotions running in overdrive, our students need specialized training in how to navigate life’s challenges with wisdom. Dorothy Sayers and C.S. Lewis, two favorites in the classical education renewal movement, offered different, but related, educational solutions to respond to emotive and misleading propaganda. Dorothy Sayers, known for…