Climbing Parnassus
| Author | : Tracy Lee Simmons |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 290 |
| Release | : 2023-03-14 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781684516056 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1684516056 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (056 Downloads) |
Download or read book Climbing Parnassus written by Tracy Lee Simmons and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-03-14 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Climbing Parnassus, winner of the 2005 Paideia Prize, Tracy Lee Simmons presents a defense and vindication of the formative power of Greek and Latin. He also shows how these languages have played a crucial role in the development of authentic Humanism, the foundation of the West's cultural order and America's understanding of itself as a union of citizens. Simmons's persuasive witness to the unique, now all-but-forgotten advantages of study in and of the classical languages constitutes a bracing reminder of the genuine aims of a truly liberal education.
