Educating Humans
Discussions about Classical and Liberal Arts education in Primary and Secondary schools in Australia. What is it, how it might be achieved, and most importantly, why it matters.
Educating Humans
51. Why The Great Books?
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Difff & James
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Season 4
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Episode 51
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For the first episode of 2025, Difff and James ask why schools should read the 'Great Books'. What even are the great books, and what makes them so great? Schools have to read something (though that's perhaps not universally acknowledged), so what metrics should be used to determine what kinds of books should be read. And isn't it true that what we call the 'Great Books' are just old, boring and difficult?
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