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Interview: Dr. Eric Adler on Battle of the Classics | The New Thinkery Ep. 68

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The Battle of the Classics

In the early twentieth century, among scholars, it used to be thought that the loss of the classics was a victory for democracy. Andi: Most of the people attacking latin and greek were not populists of any sort. These thinkers were deeply influenced by lase fair economics,. i think is related more to american pragmatism and a kind of nervousness about a european style ofledism in our own education. So so according to the lusesyllogism, lucillogizing of the day, bright, attacking the classes would be races. Bright, you're oer, you're your friends with this.

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