Digressio: Inherit the Humanities
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Digressio: Inherit the Humanities
Ep 4 - Inaugural Lecture of Old Western Culture
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Daniel Foucachon
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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In this episode we explore how to approach the great books as Christians, Enlightenment prejudices, and oft-forgotten Medieval classics through the very first lecture of the Old Western Culture course.
Ep 4 - OWC Inaugural Lecture
- Old Western Culture Year 1 - The Greeks
- What do the great books do for us?
- A Christian approach to the great books
- “The clean sea breeze of the centuries”
- Christianity vs. syncretism; a confessional approach
- Enlightenment prejudice in great books collections
- The Consolation of Philosophy
- Rule of Benedict
- Anselm’s Theology
- The Golden Legend
- Geoffrey of Monmouth
- Old Western Culture Year 3 - Christendom
- The complete Christian classics reading list
- Ancient Christians are our people
- Conclusion