Many parents have a sense that the intellectual formation that young people received in times past provided a powerful, unique preparation that led to a true understanding of the natural world. This, in turn, nourished the soil of their souls for both receiving the seed of the Gospel message and …
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Invisibilia enim ipsius, a creatura mundi, per ea quae facta sunt, intellecta, conspiciuntur: sempiterna quoque ejus virtus, et divinitas: ita ut sint inexcusabiles (Rom 1:20). In C. S. Lewis’s final book The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature, the academic and novelist sets before us the eponymous …
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What appears below is nothing more than a very brief overview of Sayers’ life, the context of the “Lost Tools of Learning,” the educational view that flows from that, and its shortcomings. I’m midstream in writing a full-length biography of Sayers’ life and work, and my view of the liberal arts …
