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All God’s Truth: Clement on Classical Christian Education
All God’s Truth: Clement on Classical Christian Education
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Length:
16 minutes
Released:
Sep 25, 2018
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Podcast episode
Description
The classical tradition does not see itself as a new thing, but as part of the stream of Western civilization that started in Greece, grew in the middle ages, has suffered much recently, but still exists, particularly if we educate our children in its gifts and blessings and warnings. It is the culture of a people who sought truth, of a people then who met Truth, of a people who tried – though messily and often wrongly – to make truth the basis of their state and kingdoms, and always of a people who wanted truth more than anything else.Yet another definition of education, fully in line with so many others: Knowing Truth + conforming ourselves to Truth = wisdom. It has been said in a variety of ways by a variety of people, but that is the essence of a classical education.
Released:
Sep 25, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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