Climbing Parnassus: A New Apologia for Greek and Latin
Discussions of educational reform often involve windy talk of a "return to the classics," yet rarely do would-be reformers go so far as to advocate a return to education in the classical languages themselves. That is a program that strikes even the most stalwart critics of contemporary educational mediocrity as quixotic, and perhaps even undesirable.Tracy Lee Simmons readily concedes that there is little reason to hope for a widespread renascence in the teaching of Greek and Latin to our...
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Discussions of educational reform often involve windy talk of a "return to the classics," but as Tracy Lee Simmons notes, rarely do would-be reformers go so far as to advocate a return to education in the classical languages themselves. In this concise and elegant brief, Simmons traces the historical trajectory of Greek and Latin education, giving especial attention to the crucial importance such an education has had for the advocates of humanism-in its Renaissance and descendent form-and the Anglo-American world. His persuasive witness to the unique, now all-but-forgotten formative power of an education in Greek and Latin constitutes a bracing reminder of the genuine aims of a truly humanistic education. Washington Post Simmons's fascinating tour through the pedagogical history of the classics may be his chief contribution to the debat.
Foreword, by William F. Buckley Jr. Preface A Few Notes at Base Camp Bent Twigs and Trees Inclined: Liberal Education, the Humanities, and the Quest for a Common Mind: The Foothills of Classical Education Prospect from the Castalian Spring: The Long Ascent of Classical Education from Ancient to Modern Times Traveling through the Realms of Gold: The Balms of Greek and Latin Bibliography Index
\ Washington PostSimmons's fascinating tour through the pedagogical history of the classics may be his chief contribution to the debat.\ \
