Is Classical Education On The Right Side Of History?

“Parent: Given the profound importance of recent events, I wondered what changes you planned on making to your curriculum for the coming year.

Gibbs: That’s a question traditionalists have been asked for over two hundred years now. Ever since the French Revolution, there has been an endless succession of “profoundly important recent events” that are supposed to make people like me give up teaching old books.”

My latest for CiRCE is up now.

Published by Joshua Gibbs

Sophist. De-activist. Hack. Avid indoorsman.

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