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Why American Democracy Is Breaking—and How Classical Education Can Fix It
Classical Et Cetera
53 minutes
3 weeks ago
Why American Democracy Is Breaking—and How Classical Education Can Fix It
What’s behind the decline of American democracy—and can education fix it? In this episode of Classical Et Cetera the team discusses why the health of our republic depends not necessarily on politicians, but on teachers, parents, and the formation of virtuous citizens.
Modern society often treats the decline of democracy as a political problem, but classical educators know it’s an educational one. A free people can only remain free when they know how to govern themselves—and that begins in classrooms, not in Congress.
Join us as we explore how classical education cultivates wisdom, virtue, and self-government, and why rebuilding the soul of the nation starts with the minds of the young.
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"It is funny how mortals picture us as putting things into their minds: in reality our best work is done by keeping things out.” READ NOWhttps://www.memoriapress.com/curriculum/educational-resources/the-screwtape-letters/?utm_source=PodBean&utm_medium=CETC&utm_campaign=191
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What We're Reading from This Episode:
Various Greek Authors (Mitchell)
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion—Beth Brower (Tanya)
The Screwtape Letters—C.S. Lewis (Tanya)
Truth Matters—Robert P. George & Cornel West (Tanya)
A Midsummer Night's Dream—William Shakespeare (Tanya)
The Idiot—Fyodor Dostoevsky (Martin)
Paideia: The Ideals of Greek Culture: Volume III—Werner Jaeger (Martin)
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