Climbing Parnassus

Climbing Parnassus

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Many books have been written on classical education over the years, but in our minds, Climbing Parnassus is one of the best.

Simmons discusses the history of classical education and then tells of its unfortunate fate in modern times. But, more importantly, he makes one of the most convincing cases ever made for the study of Greek and Latin authors in their own language. Climbing Parnassus is a book about classical education from someone who really knows it.

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In Climbing Parnassus, Tracy Lee Simmons presents a defense and vindication of the formative power of Greek and Latin. He also shows how these languages have played a crucial role in the development of authentic Humanism, the foundation of the West’s cultural order and America’s understanding of itself as a union of citizens. Simmons’s persuasive witness to the unique, now all-but-forgotten advantages of study in and of the classical languages constitutes a bracing reminder of the genuine aims of a truly liberal education.

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Weight 0.85 lbs
Dimensions 8.5 × 5.5 × 1 in
ISBN

9781933859507
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Pages

268
Authors

Tracy Lee Simmons
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