http://www.intheagora.com/archives/2005/01/the_life_of_the_mind/?source=rss current events, culture, faith, science and more Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:20:59 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://www.intheagora.com/archives/2005/01/the_life_of_the_mind/comment-page-1/#comment-1166 Jonathan Rose Sun, 16 Jan 2005 22:59:56 +0000 http://intheagora.com/2005/01/the_life_of_the_mind.html#comment-1166 Thanks muchly for your kind words about my article. It was excerpted from my book "The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes," if you're interested in reading more. Thanks muchly for your kind words about my article. It was excerpted from my book “The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes,” if you’re interested in reading more.

]]> http://www.intheagora.com/archives/2005/01/the_life_of_the_mind/comment-page-1/#comment-1165 Anonymous Sun, 16 Jan 2005 18:31:23 +0000 http://intheagora.com/2005/01/the_life_of_the_mind.html#comment-1165 Mortimer Adler, recently deceased, is a good guide in my view. Schall's, Another Sort of Learning, is also good. Mortimer Adler, recently deceased, is a good guide in my view. Schall’s, Another Sort of Learning, is also good.

]]> http://www.intheagora.com/archives/2005/01/the_life_of_the_mind/comment-page-1/#comment-1164 Anonymous Sun, 16 Jan 2005 18:29:52 +0000 http://intheagora.com/2005/01/the_life_of_the_mind.html#comment-1164 There are many reasons for reading the classics among which are that the language used and the manner of presentation of ideas is top notch. Compare your elementary textbooks of today (see C.S. Lewis in his first sentence of Aboliltion of Man)to, say, any of the McGuffy Readers of yore. Then, finish your learning on this matter by reading Stotsky's, Losing our Language. You should, by then, glimpse McInerny's observation on the fullfilled end of public "education". There are many reasons for reading the classics among which are that the language used and the manner of presentation of ideas is top notch. Compare your elementary textbooks of today (see C.S. Lewis in his first sentence of Aboliltion of Man)to, say, any of the McGuffy Readers of yore. Then, finish your learning on this matter by reading Stotsky’s, Losing our Language. You should, by then, glimpse McInerny’s observation on the fullfilled end of public “education”.

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