The Well-Trained Mind

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• On each library visit, I had them check out the following books: one science book, one history book, and art or music appreciation book, one practical book (a craft, hobby, or "how-to"), a biography or autobiography, a classic novel (or an adaptation suited to age). an imaginative storybook, a book of poetry. They were allowed to choose the titles, but I asked them to follow this pattern. (查看原文)

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• A classical education is more than just a pattern of learning, though. First, it is LANGUAGE-FOCUSED: learning is accomplished through words, written and spoken, rather than through images (picture, videos, and television) Second, a classical education follows a specific three-part pattern: the mind must be first supplied with facts and images, then given the logical tools for organization of those facts and images, and finally equipped to express conclusions. Third, to the classical mind, all knowledge is interrelated. Astronomy, for example, isn't studied in isolation; it's learned along with the history of scientific discovery, which leads into the church's relationship to science and from there to the intricacies of medieval church history, The reading of the Odyssey allows the student... (查看原文)

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