Climbing Parnassus A New Apologia for Greek and Latin |
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| Author:
| Simmons, Tracy Lee |
| ISBN: | 978-1-68451-605-6 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2023 |
| Publisher: | Regnery Publishing
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| Imprint: | Gateway Editions |
| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
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Climbing Parnassus, winner of the 2005 Paideia Prize, 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...
More DescriptionIn Climbing Parnassus, winner of the 2005 Paideia Prize, 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.