Classical Ed

Question 1

Gene Edward Veith & Andrew Kern’s four elements of CE

Answer 1

1 A high view of man
2 Logocentrism
3 Responsibility for the Western Tradition
4 Pedagogy that sustains these commitments

Question 2

What is the purpose of Classical Education?

Answer 2

To cultivate human excellence, or virtue, which is that word’s original meaning. Excellence is perceiving truth, loving and reproducing the beautiful, and revering and acting on the good.

Question 3

Paideia

Answer 3

Moral purification (redemption of the senses: fine arts/liturgy)
Intellectual purification (develop a moral imagination)