Blog Feed: Libertas

Education and Virtue

Published on 2009-03-03 08:18:00

"Education is properly understood as the care and perfection of the soul. Excellence (arete) is not primarily excellence of skill but excellence of virtue." ~ Richard Gamble on Plato's view of education, The Great Tradition > read more

Pooh's Profundity - Growing Up

Published on 2009-03-02 10:10:00

Just more proof that A. A. Milne was a brilliant observer of human nature.By the time it came to the edge of the Forest, the stream had grown up, so that it was almost a river, and being grown-up, it did not run and jump and sparkle along as it used > read more

Austen characters on facebook?

Published on 2009-01-01 11:27:00

If it were so...HT Claire Escobar > read more

Poetic Education and Boys

Published on 2008-12-18 07:49:00

This is a subject near and dear to my heart!  Cindy at Dominion Family has a thoughtful post on this.  Here's a quote:But it is the regular boys, the sports-loving boys, the farmer boys, the active boys who will benefit most from a poetic education > read more

Why Teach Latin? continued

Published on 2008-11-24 11:35:00

"Four years of high-school Latin would dramatically arrest the decline in American education... Nothing so enriches the vocabulary, so instructs about English grammar and syntax, so creates a discipline of the mind, an elegance of expression, an > read more

It was good for me to be afflicted...

Published on 2008-11-15 11:24:00

George Grant’s blog entry for today was very timely for me as I’ve had several weeks of forced inactivity due to swelling in my knee.  Here’s an excerpt: Sin is pleasant--but unprofitable. 
Affliction is unpleasant--but profitable. By affli > read more

True Hope

Published on 2008-11-05 08:33:00

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness."The Lord is my portion," says my soul, "therefore I will hope in Him." ~ Lamentations 3:22-24 > read more

Chilling

Published on 2008-10-14 07:21:00

I don't often post political stuff, although my family constantly discusses issues, but this blog by Dr. Veith of PHC is a must-read.  There is so much at stake here.  > read more

Consider the Lilies...

Published on 2008-10-08 12:52:00

Here's a quote I find timely, having spent my Autumn Break this week cleaning out drawers, closets, and hidden spaces in bedrooms, sorting and discarding clothes (mine and the kids): A man of eighty has outlived probably three new schools of paintin > read more

A Prayer as I Grow Older

Published on 2008-08-15 20:31:00

There was a time when I would have prayed this for others…now, I'm beginning to see that I need to pray it for myself. I just want to be like my Grandma Morrison when I grow up (okay…old)…the Lord granted her what this dear saint prayed: Lo > read more