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Plutarch on Mark Antony
…he left Italy and travelled into Greece, where he spent his time in military exercises and in the study of eloquence. He took most to what was called the Asiatic taste in speaking, which was th… more →
Quiddity
Plutarch on Mark Antony
Andrew Kern wrote 5 days ago: …he left Italy and travelled into Greece, where he spent his time in military exercises and in … more →
Truth, Tradition, and Trajedy
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Andrew Kern wrote 2 weeks ago: In general, three approaches have dominated education from the beginning of time and I’m not s … more →
The Problem with Form
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Andrew Kern wrote 3 weeks ago: I have a problem with people who are obsessed with form and can’t get it past it to the spirit … more →
Why Formal?
Andrew Kern wrote 3 weeks ago: Maybe I’ve already addressed this but I know it’s a big question and one that needs to b … more →
When and How to Teach Grammar: II - Reflections on studying a foreign language
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Andrew Kern wrote 3 weeks ago: For two thousand years, no one in the western tradition challenged the notion that education should … more →
Your theory of writing
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Andrew Kern wrote 1 month ago: People of a more practical bent will sometimes suggest they don’t have a theory. Others argue … more →
The Five Paths To Writing Excellence
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Andrew Kern wrote 1 month ago: Careful observation over my lifetime has confirmed that there are five paths to writing excellence, … more →
What About the Great Books
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Andrew Kern wrote 1 month ago: I believe the author of the blog Quid Est bears the name Jennifer, and she generously quoted an earl … more →
What is Literature, Part II: Grammar
Andrew Kern wrote 2 months ago: Some reflections on what people have meant by the term grammar, from CS Lewis’s The Discarded … more →
What is Literature Anyway?
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Andrew Kern wrote 2 months ago: When we teach literature, if we must, our students should not encounter a general, bewildering sampl … more →
Time and the Priorities of the History Curriculum
Andrew Kern wrote 2 months ago: A scholars most precious possession is his time. All that can profitably be known so exceeds our lif … more →
Peace, Rest, and Writing
Andrew Kern wrote 2 months ago: When a person argues your case better than you can possibly do so yourself, you have an advocate, wh … more →
Aristotle, Rhetoric, and Freedom
Andrew Kern wrote 3 months ago: I’ve been arguing for some time through this blog that we cannot be free people if we don … more →
Why Pragmatism Doesn't Work
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Andrew Kern wrote 4 months ago: During the last session at the conference I tried to weave things together into a practical structur … more →
Natural Law and the Will of Men
Andrew Kern wrote 4 months ago: To speak of nature is inevitably to speak of the natural law, perhaps the west’s greatest cont … more →
Latin is Practical
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Andrew Kern wrote 6 months ago: At least, it is if you value thinking. Here’s RM Wenley from the University of Michigan, in an … more →
Kern on Gamble on Clement on Anaxarchus on Sovereignty
Andrew Kern wrote 7 months ago: Do you get the CiRCE Papers, our free E-newsletter. Sign up by visiting our web site at www.circeins … more →
Assessment and Feedback for a Written Composition
Andrew Kern wrote 8 months ago: The Teacher’s guide for level II of The Lost Tools of Writing has been demanding an inordinate … more →
Word of the Day: Alderbest
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Andrew Kern wrote 8 months ago: Not that I often have these words, but I really like this one. It’s an antique word, obviously … more →
