New Humanists

How to Learn Like Thomas Aquinas | Episode LXXII

Ancient Language Institute Episode 72

Thomas Aquinas is also known as the "Angelic Doctor," but he was quite capable of coming down from the heavens and getting practical. In two selections from his work included in Richard M. Gamble's The Great Tradition, we find some of Thomas' advice and outlook for students and teachers, including a discussion of whether teaching is an inherently contemplative or active pursuit.


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


New Humanists episode Education that Makes Aquinas Look Modern, feat. John Peterson: https://newhumanists.buzzsprout.com/1791279/12698279-education-that-makes-aquinas-look-modern-feat-john-peterson-episode-xlvi


Pope Leo XIII's Aeterni Patris: https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_04081879_aeterni-patris.html


Augustine's De Magistro (The Teacher): https://amzn.to/4cUbVZ4


A.G. Sertillanges's The Intellectual Life: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9780813206462


Homer Camp: https://ancientlanguage.com/homer-camp/


Bible Camp: https://ancientlanguage.com/bible-camp/


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