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Author Archives: Joshua Gibbs
Against “Teaching To Your Top Third”
“Perhaps my objection to “teaching to your top third” is most clearly expressed in my objection to the idea a pastor should “preach to his top third.” I’ve never heard anyone put forward that idea before, of course, but I imagine most pastors would scoff if they heard it. “Preach to your top third? WhatContinue reading “Against “Teaching To Your Top Third””
Right And Left
You have a right hand and a left hand. There is a right half and left half of any object. Can you define right and left in a non-relative way? Can you define left without using an example and without gesturing at an object to explain? If you cannot, why not?
Satanification
“There are times when Milton seems to humanize Satan, but this is really an optical illusion. In fact, Milton is zealous to prove that sin is the satanification of man. God stamps His image on man, and Satan longs to do the same.” -from the forthcoming “How to Teach Paradise Lost“
Top Ten Favorite Games of All Time
Shortlisted: Blackjack; croquet; Rock, Paper, Scissors 10. Horse 9. The Elevator Game (invented by Paul Tong) 8. Risk 7. Pac-Man 6. Chess 5. Texas Hold ‘Em 4. Bowling 3. Nim 2. Tetris 1. Air Hockey
Next Year’s Classes
Next year I will teach two classes through Gibbs Classical: Plato’s Republic for Beginners in the fall and Foundations of Modern Politics in the spring. On several occasions, I have spoken of a brief period in my life wherein I considered myself quite liberal. This was sixteen or seventeen years ago now, shortly after IContinue reading “Next Year’s Classes”
Recordings Of Last Year’s Conference Now Available
If you missed it in 2022, you can now purchase recordings of last year’s Gibbs Classical Online Summer Conference right here. Those who purchase the recordings get links to downloadable videos of all eight lectures, three Q&A sessions, as well as a 62,000 word PDF containing the full text of each lecture. Additionally, audio-only versionsContinue reading “Recordings Of Last Year’s Conference Now Available”
A Proper Awards Ceremony
“The Veritas awards ceremony is only one hour long, students dress in their formal uniforms, and it is the very last thing which happens in the school year. When I say “the very last thing,” I mean the academic dean prays at the end of the awards ceremony and then says, “Alright, have a greatContinue reading “A Proper Awards Ceremony”
There are still faint glimmers of civilization left in this barbaric slaughterhouse that was once known as humanity. 