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In Tune With The World: A Theory of Festivity

In Tune With The World: A Theory of Festivity

Author: Josef Pieper
Series: Understanding Scholé
Tags: #146, #146 Scholé Every Day, #149, #149 Topical Discussion, #150, #150 Topical Discussion, #61, #61 Scholé Every Day, #62, #62 Topical Discussion, #64, #64 Topical Discussion, #68, #68 Topical Discussion, #72, #72 Topical Discussion, #73, #73 Scholé Every Day, #85, #85 Topical Discussion, Brandy Vencel

In this stimulating and still-timely study, Josef Pieper takes up a theme of paramount importance to his thinking – that festivals belong by rights among the great topics of philosophical discussion. As he develops his theory of festivity, the modern age comes under close and painful scrutiny. It is obvious that we no longer know what festivity is, namely, the celebration of existence under various symbols.

Pieper exposes the pseudo-festivals, in their harmless and their sinister forms: traditional feasts contaminated by commercialism; artificial holidays created in the interest of merchandisers; holidays by coercion, decreed by dictators the world over; festivals as military demonstrations; holidays empty of significance. And lastly we are given the apocalyptic vision of a nihilistic world which would seek its release not in festivities but in destruction.

Formulated with Pieper's customary clarity and elegance, enhanced by brilliantly chosen quotations, this is an illuminating contribution to the understanding of traditional and contemporary experience.

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The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home

The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home

Authors: Jessie Wise, Susan Wise Bauer
Genre: Education
Tags: #113, #113 Scholé Every Day, #149, #149 Topical Discussion, #151, #151 Topical Discussion, #54, #54 Topical Discussion, #93, #93 Topical Discussion, Mystie Winckler

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"The Well-Trained Mind will instruct you, step by step, on how to give your child an academically rigorous, comprehensive education from preschool through high school―one that will train him or her to read, to think, to understand, to be well-rounded and curious about learning. Veteran home educators Susan Wise Bauer and Jessie Wise outline the classical pattern of education called the trivium, which organizes learning around the maturing capacity of the child’s mind and comprises three stages: the elementary school “grammar stage,” when the building blocks of information are absorbed through memorization and rules; the middle school “logic stage,” in which the student begins to think more analytically; and the high-school “rhetoric stage,” where the student learns to write and speak with force and originality. Using this theory as your model, you’ll be able to instruct your child―whether full-time or as a supplement to classroom education―in all levels of reading, writing, history, geography, mathematics, science, foreign languages, rhetoric, logic, art, and music, regardless of your own aptitude in those subjects."

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Better Late Than Early: A New Approach to Your Child’s Education

Better Late Than Early: A New Approach to Your Child’s Education

Authors: Dennis R. Moore, Dorothy N. Moore, Raymond S. Moore
Tags: #149, #149 Topical Discussion, #24, #24 Topical Discussion, #28, #28 Topical Discussion

This book is a result of research on the young child's mental development.

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Charlotte Mason’s Philosophy of Education (Book 6 of the Home Education Series)

Charlotte Mason’s Philosophy of Education (Book 6 of the Home Education Series)

Author: Charlotte Mason
Series: Carpe Librum
Tags: #103, #103 Topical Discussion, #106, #106 Topical Discussion, #111, #111 Topical Discussion, #112, #112 Topical Discussion, #117, #117 Topical Discussion, #131, #131 Topical Discussion, #140, #140 Topical Discussion, #141, #141 Topical Discussion, #148, #148 Topical Discussion, #149, #149 Topical Discussion, #154, #154 Topical Discussion, #156, #156 Topical Discussion, #28, #28 Topical Discussion, #33, #33 Topical Discussion, #40, #40 Topical Discussion, #56, #56 Topical Discussion, #57, #57 Topical Discussion, #68, #68 Topical Discussion, Carpe Librum Booklist

This edition of Charlotte Mason’s Home Education Series is presented complete and unabridged, retaining the pagination of the original to make research and referencing easy. All the books have been fully transcribed and formatted using a clean and easy-to-read font so that there’s no excuse not to read these revolutionary works.Written shortly before her death, A Philosophy of Education represents Charlotte Mason’s final thoughts after a lifetime spent thinking on education. Containing the final version of the 20 principles on which her method is based this book is a great place to start for parents of older children.

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Deschooling Society

Deschooling Society

Author: Ivan Illich
Tags: #148, #148 Scholé Every Day, #149, #149 Topical Discussion, #154, #154 Topical Discussion, Mystie Winckler

Schools have failed our individual needs, supporting false and misleading notions of 'progress' and development fostered by the belief that ever-increasing production, consumption and profit are proper yardsticks for measuring the quality of human life. Our universities have become recruiting centers for the personnel of the consumer society, certifying citizens for service, while at the same time disposing of those judged unfit for the competitive rat race. In this bold and provocative book, Illich suggest some radical and exciting reforms for the education system.

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