I’m really enjoying starting a year long study of Introductory Logic with a fantastic group of students at Kepler Education! But, you might wonder if we really need to study Logic? In his wonderful book, Socratic Logic, the eminent Christian philosopher Peter Kreeft gives several compelling reasons to study Logic. Here’s a sampling of the many good reasons that Kreeft provides: The question is not what you can do with logic, but what logic does …
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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 Latin will help you have a better knowledge and understanding of English. From a practical point of view, it will help you raise your SAT or ACT scores. If we take for example the Latin noun mors, mortis, which means “death”, here are some of the English words derived from it: mortal, …
What is the purpose of your life? What are you living for? Why do you exist? How are you to be the best man, woman, husband, wife, single-person, parent, grandparent, boss, employee, teacher, or student you can be? What excites you? God gives a grand mission and glorious vision to His people. There are no small places or small people. He is building a new temple and has called you to a new identity and …
As Christians recover classical Christian education, they are unearthing old treasures, once the possession of every educated man. Some of these treasures are words and descriptions–terms like “Trivium” and “Quadrivium,” “paideia,” and “liberal arts.” Of all these terms, “liberal arts” lays at the heart of what classical education is all about. So what did our forefathers mean by “liberal arts”? “Liberal” The word liberal has nothing to do with our modern use of the word …