Are You Teaching Young Kids the Classics?

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Hiaus: All i need to do is stimulate, satisfy and follow the curiosity where it's taking them. The way that my four year old is putting together what this is is very interesting. Ad he's not afraid of it. There's no like morbidity in others. Hiaus: It's weird to think that a kid a thousand years ago who was five were probably reading passages from the odyssey.

On today’s episode of the podcast Ryan talks to author Roosevelt Montas about how to make philosophy and the classics accessible to young children, how the classics connect to something in our humanity, how the ancient texts connect children and adults the same, and more.

Roosevelt Montás is Director of the Freedom and Citizenship Program. He was born in the Dominican Republic and moved to New York as a teenager. Roosevelt specializes in Antebellum American literature and culture, with a particular interest in American national identity. He regularly teaches moral and political philosophy in the Columbia Core Curriculum as well seminars in American Studies. Roosevelt is the author of “Rescuing Socrates: How the Great Books Changed My Life and Why They Matter for a New Generation.”

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