New Humanists

Maybe the Liberal Arts Are Useful? | Episode XXXI

September 15, 2022 Ancient Language Institute Episode 31
New Humanists
Maybe the Liberal Arts Are Useful? | Episode XXXI
Show Notes

Are classical educators dooming their students to poverty? Even back in the early 1800s, that accusation was gaining steam. Edward Copleston was a titanic figure at Oxford's Oriel College in the early 19th century, and inspired John Henry Newman, among others. Facing attacks by utilitarian critics of Oxford, Copleston launched a defense of classical education in his “Reply to the Calumnies of the Edinburgh Review Against Oxford.”


Richard M. Gamble’s The Great Tradition: https://amzn.to/3Q4lRnO


Augustine’s Confessions, trans. R.S. Pine-Coffin: https://amzn.to/3U7vrsn


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