What Does the Resurrection of Jesus Christ have to do with the Great Books?
What value is there in reading the Classics? Surely they’re classics for a reason? We’ve upheld that label in referring to them, we’ve preserved them,…
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The Unreality of Sin
Authors in the Great Tradition describe sin as becoming less real and losing our humanity–we see this happening all around us. One of the blessings…
3 YA Books For Readers of Greek Mythology
World mythologies and regional folktales have always served as source material for modern fantasy, with some (like Greek or Celtic myths) having well-established influence and…
What Benefit Can Young People Derive from Classical Education? (Part 2)
[ This post originally appeared on my classical teacher site, Locus Classicus. ] [ Concluded from Part 1 ] For myself, I desire to take…
What Benefit Can Young People Derive from Classical Education? (Part 1)
[ This post originally appeared on my classical teacher site, Locus Classicus. ] I want to approach this seemingly counter-productive question (at least for those…
Rumor, Swiftest of Evils in the World
Say what one will about mythology; there are times when it is an incredibly deep store of verifiable human knowledge drawn from experience and made…
The Life of Ivan Ilych: Ordinary or Appalling?
by Jeremiah Jensen Jeremiah Jensen is a homeschooling senior from Houston, Texas. This summer, he completed Kepler’s summer course titled, “The Art of the Academic…
Why Studying Latin Is So Important
Studying Latin is important for several reasons. First of all, it is important because some 60% of English words are derived from Latin. So, knowing…
Summer breeze, makes me feel fine: Ray Bradbury’s Wine
Note: Andy Newman will be teaching Creative Writing: Awakening Wonder with Wordsworth, Hopkins, and Bradbury this summer for Kepler. Class begins June 29. This essay first…
It’s about some guy who really likes flowers; Or, what it takes for a student to appreciate Wordsworth’s ‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’
Note: Andy Newman will be teaching Creative Writing: Awakening Wonder with Wordsworth, Hopkins, and Bradbury this summer for Kepler. Class begins June 29. “Read William Wordsworth’s…