Listen "Is renewal possible? | Brian Lapsa"
Episode Synopsis
Classicist, translator, and educator Brian Lapsa joins us from Europe to discuss faith, culture, and classical education across the Atlantic. A scholar of ancient education and an advocate for living Latin, Lapsa reflects on the decline of the humanities, the renewal of moral formation, and his work bridging British and American classical traditions.In this episode, we discuss:📖 The “long withdrawing roar” of faith in Britain—and why there’s still hope📖 How late antiquity modeled education through imitation and moral exemplars📖 What active (or “living”) Latin offers modern students📖 How classical learning can restore intellectual virtue and cultural confidenceLINKS:➡️ Memoria College: https://www.memoriacollege.org➡️ Verbum Sapientiae Institute: https://www.verbumsapientiae.org...For viewers interested in: Classical education, liberal arts, ICLE, SCL, ACCS, CLT, Classic Learning Test, Jeremy Tate, Susan Wise Bauer, Well-Trained Mind, Classical Conversations, Spencer Klavan, Latin schools, Great Hearts, Memoria Press, Tracy Lee Simmons, Hillsdale College, University of Dallas, UDallas, UATX, University of Austin, Joshua Gibbs, CiRCE, Jonathan Pageau, Anglican schools, Orthodox schools, Catholic schools, Reformed schools, Doug Wilson, Inklings, JRR Tolkien, CS Lewis, Pints with Aquinas, St. John's College, Great Books, the trivium, the quadrivium, John Senior
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