The reading, knowledge, and Socratic study of the ideas and arguments we find in the “Great Books” are at the heart of a strong classical education curriculum—but what qualifies a book as a “Great ...
This mischievous question tempts me to rush in spouting names of books across genre and subject matter, feverishly defending their inclusion through appeals to a potentially idiosyncratic understan...
My journey into the realm of studying and teaching Great Books has been a profound and challenging one, initiated by my parents' endeavor to establish a classical school in the early 2000s. Witnes...
The question of what makes a work of art great is both mysterious and obvious. When we see Da Vinciʼs paintings and compare them to the practice exercises produced in a high school art class, we do...
Though there will always be some dispute as to what books belong on the list of Great Books, no one who believes that such books exist will dispute the permanent relevance of Homer’s Iliad and Odys...
It’s a simple question, and should be easy to answer: “What books get to count as great books?” And yet, as with most definitional questions in art, it is hard to give a good answer. I think part o...
