New Humanists Education that Makes Aquinas Look Modern, feat. John Peterson | Episode XLVI
In his wise and humane Didascalicon, the teacher, canon regular, and mystical theologian Hugh of St. Victor lays out his advice and instructions for teachers and students engaged in liberal study. The heir of centuries of thought in Christendom on the liberal arts, Hugh and his contemporaries were on the precipice of a revolution--the western rediscovery of Aristotle and the subsequent revolution of theology and philosophy, championed above all by Thomas Aquinas. University of Dallas professor John Peterson joins Jonathan and Ryan to discuss the Didascalicon and its role in liberal education.
Classical Education Graduate Program at the University of Dallas: https://udallas.edu/braniff/academics/ma/classical_education/
Richard M. Gamble’s The Great Tradition: https://amzn.to/3Q4lRnO
Hugh of St. Victor's Didascalicon (Latin): http://www.documentacatholicaomnia.eu/03d/1096-1141,_Hugo_De_S_Victore,_Didascalicon,_LT.pdf
Hugh of St. Victor's Didascalicon (English): https://archive.org/details/didascaliconmedi00hugh/mode/2up
Bruce A. Kimball's The Liberal Arts Tradition: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9780761851325
Ryan N.S. Topping's Renewing the Mind: https://amzn.to/41xlb08
W.H. Cowley's The Seven Liberal Arts Hoax: https://www.jstor.org/stable/27565196
New Humanists episode on Giambattista Vico: https://podcasts.apple.com/hr/podcast/messing-up-your-kids-education-episode-xxxviii/id1570296135?i=1000591833664
Doug Lemov's Teach Like a Champion 3.0: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9781119712619
John Peterson's Review of Teach Like a Champion 3.0: https://www.pdcnet.org/principia/content/principia_2022_0001_0001_0119_0123+
Plato's Republic: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9780465094080
Augustine's Confessions: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9780199537822
Livy's Ab Urbe Condita: https://amzn.to/3gYwtbh
Machiavelli's Discourses on Livy: https://amzn.to/3NtNBSj
Jacob Klein's The Idea of Liberal Education: https://www.scribd.com/document/46831695/The-Idea-of-Liberal-Education-Jacob-Klein
Martianus Capella's The Marriage of Philology and Mercury: https://amzn.to/41NZh8t
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