One of the primary focuses of our recent Bridge event was our determination to read—widely and broadly—the classics. In a recent article, the President of the Society for Classical Learning, Eric Cook, wrote about this ethos. He gives us four reasons why we should read the classics in a classical school setting:
1. “Reading and discussing the classics makes us better human beings”
2. “Reading the classics keeps us from acting as Cyclops”
3. “Reading the classics compels us to ask the most important questions in life.”
4. And that Christians should discuss the classics.
Enjoy this short article in which he expounds upon these ideas:
