This article first appeared in the Summer 2016 issue of the Modern Age published by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and is reprinted by permission. Reprinted in Classis Volume XXVII, Number 3 There’s a chilling image from my youth that I’ve never been able to...
Originally published in Classis Volume XX, No. 4 By Joshua Butcher “The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato. I do not mean the systematic scheme of thought which scholars have...
There are dozens of topics to explore when considering how to improve a Latin class: textbooks, methodology, inductive vs. deductive, paradigm memorization, morphology presentation, etc. But, as important as these all are, they are really only secondary issues. The...
By Steven Wedgeworth Originally published in Classis Volume XXVII, Number 4 Christian education defines us. It is what we aim to accomplish and it establishes the kind of community of learning we are. Our philosophy of education, the content of our curriculum, and the...
Originally published in Classis Volume XXIV, Number II Cicero’s orations against Catiline were not built in a day. A long, rich tradition of rhetorical instruction produced the likes of Hortensius, Cato the Younger, and Cicero. We who aim to recover this tradition,...
If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don’t deal in...
Originally published in Classis, 2018 Volume XXV, No. 2 Somewhere between the work of Joseph Campbell and Leland Ryken lies the literary criticism of Northrop Frye. Campbell, working in the tradition of Sir James Frazer's Golden Bough, laid side-by-side for his...
By Carl Trueman Originally published in Classis Fall 2022, Volume XXX Issue 1 Search Classis Archives There are times in history when Christianity feels its place in society coming under threat. As it finds itself pushed to the margins, two temptations emerge. The...
The integration of the arts and humanities
This edition of Old Voices speaks to the history and interpretation of the Laocoon Group, presented in the article “A Case Study for the Laocoon: The Integration of the Arts and Humanities” by Karen T. Moore. I. The Laocoon Group, the History of the Artwork Thereafter...