Articles tagged Philosophy

True Mythology - "Perfect Myth and Perfect Fact" (Part II: This Is His Spoken World)
by Kate
Thursday, 30 May, 2013
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Thursday, 30 May, 2013
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Through Him were all things made. Welcome to His poem. His play. His novel. Skip the bowls of fruit and statues. Let the pages flick through your thumbs. This is His spoken world...

The Missing Pieces of Public Education

This article is modified from sections from the newly-released book MicroSecession: Simple Ways to Liberate Yourself, Your Family, and Your Community from Government Idiocy.
When people think of the word “education,” usually the first thing that pops into their minds...

Philosophy: What's the Use?

by Brian
Friday, 04 January, 2013
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education
Friday, 04 January, 2013
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education
“Why do we have to study the things a bunch of dead guys said years ago?” This is a fairly common question posed by philosophy students. It is a reasonable question, but it is a “top floor” question. To sufficiently answer it, we must journey down to the “basement” to...

Christian, Know Thyself: Why It Is Important to Study Philosophy
by Kate
Friday, 26 October, 2012
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Friday, 26 October, 2012
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
γνῶθι σαυτόν: "gnothi sauton" or "know yourself" in ancient Greek.
Public building in Ludwigshafen, Germany.
See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world...

Homeschooling for a Nation

Judgment: God’s purview. He will inevitably judge all individuals at the end of time. Historically, He has also passed judgment on nations here on this corporeal earth. How has He done this? In some cases, He used His divine power to squash them—for example when King...