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Climbing Parnassus: A New Apologia for Greek and Latin

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In Climbing Parnassus, winner of the 2005 Paideia Prize, Tracy Lee Simmons presents a defense and vindication of the formative power of Greek and Latin. His persuasive witness to the unique, now all-but-forgotten advantages of study in and of the classical languages constitutes a bracing reminder of the genuine aims of a truly liberal education.
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Tracy Lee Simmons is Director of Hillsdale College’s Dow Program in American Journalism. He holds a master’s degree in classics from Oxford.
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ISBN:
9781933859507
Author:
Simmons, Tracy Lee
Publisher:
Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Foreword by:
Buckley, William F., JR.
Foreword:
Buckley, William F., JR.
Author:
Simmons, Tracy
Subject:
General education.
Subject:
General
Subject:
Education-General
Copyright:
2012
Edition Number:
2nd Edition
Edition Description:
2nd Edition
Publication Date:
20070931
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Language:
English
Pages:
290
Dimensions:
8.5 x 5.5 x 1.6 in
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In Climbing Parnassus, winner of the 2005 Paideia Prize, Tracy Lee Simmons presents a defense and vindication of the formative power of Greek and Latin. His persuasive witness to the unique, now all-but-forgotten advantages of study in and of the classical languages constitutes a bracing reminder of the genuine aims of a truly liberal education.
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