New Humanists

Education that Makes Aquinas Look Modern, feat. John Peterson | Episode XLVI

May 01, 2023 Ancient Language Institute Episode 46
New Humanists
Education that Makes Aquinas Look Modern, feat. John Peterson | Episode XLVI
Show Notes

In his wise and humane Didascalicon, the teacher, canon regular, and mystical theologian Hugh of St. Victor lays out his advice and instructions for teachers and students engaged in liberal study. The heir of centuries of thought in Christendom on the liberal arts, Hugh and his contemporaries were on the precipice of a revolution--the western rediscovery of Aristotle and the subsequent revolution of theology and philosophy, championed above all by Thomas Aquinas. University of Dallas professor John Peterson joins Jonathan and Ryan to discuss the Didascalicon and its role in liberal education.


Classical Education Graduate Program at the University of Dallas: https://udallas.edu/braniff/academics/ma/classical_education/


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


Hugh of St. Victor's Didascalicon (Latin): http://www.documentacatholicaomnia.eu/03d/1096-1141,_Hugo_De_S_Victore,_Didascalicon,_LT.pdf


Hugh of St. Victor's Didascalicon (English): https://archive.org/details/didascaliconmedi00hugh/mode/2up


Bruce A. Kimball's The Liberal Arts Tradition: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9780761851325


Ryan N.S. Topping's Renewing the Mind: https://amzn.to/41xlb08


W.H. Cowley's The Seven Liberal Arts Hoax: https://www.jstor.org/stable/27565196


New Humanists episode on Giambattista Vico: https://podcasts.apple.com/hr/podcast/messing-up-your-kids-education-episode-xxxviii/id1570296135?i=1000591833664


Doug Lemov's Teach Like a Champion 3.0: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9781119712619


John Peterson's Review of Teach Like a Champion 3.0: https://www.pdcnet.org/principia/content/principia_2022_0001_0001_0119_0123+


Plato's Republic: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9780465094080


Augustine's Confessions: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9780199537822


Livy's Ab Urbe Condita: https://amzn.to/3gYwtbh


Machiavelli's Discourses on Livy: https://amzn.to/3NtNBSj


Jacob Klein's The Idea of Liberal Education: https://www.scribd.com/document/46831695/The-Idea-of-Liberal-Education-Jacob-Klein


Martianus Capella's The Marriage of Philology and Mercury: https://amzn.to/41NZh8t


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