All my life I loved beauty and found ways to immerse in it—nature, music (both listening and playing instruments), art on the walls of our house, spaces I tried to create, usually in my bedroom. I ...
First and foremost, it is important to note that all three categories of arts—liberal, common, and fine—have been present in the Great Tradition from the beginning. We can find mention of each as f...
The low mooing melody lulled my soul to peace as the “doggies” lumbered past and their hooves softly kept a steady percussive beat on the pressed, wet grass. I patted Jasper’s damp and warm neck as...
A concise answer to the questions before us might be found in Robert Hutchins’ Preface to The Great Conversation. He writes,
Until lately the West has regarded it as self-evident that the road to e...
Books plant a seed of reality that can grow in us. The books that last are the ones that have found a remarkable form for reality, the instantiation is unrepeatable, but the pattern carries across ...
What makes a Great Book great? Suppose you need to change the distributor cap on an old Ford Thunderbird. In that scenario, a Chilton Repair Manual promises to be a great read—greater, perhaps...
