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- catalog abstract ""Discussions of educational reform often involve windy talk of a "return to the classics," yet rarely do would-be reformers go so far as to advocate a return to education in the classical languages themselves. That is a program that strikes even the most stalwart critics of contemporary educational mediocrity as quixotic, and perhaps even undesirable." "Tracy Lee Simmons readily concedes that there is little reason to hope for a widespread renascence in the teaching of Greek and Latin to our nation's schoolchildren. But he argues that, whatever its immediate prospects, an education in the classical languages is of inestimable personal and cultural value." "In Climbing Parnassus Simmons presents the reader not so much with a program for educational renewal as with a defense and vindication of the formative power of Greek and Latin. His 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."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12546293.
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description ""Discussions of educational reform often involve windy talk of a "return to the classics," yet rarely do would-be reformers go so far as to advocate a return to education in the classical languages themselves. That is a program that strikes even the most stalwart critics of contemporary educational mediocrity as quixotic, and perhaps even undesirable." "Tracy Lee Simmons readily concedes that there is little reason to hope for a widespread renascence in the teaching of Greek and Latin to our nation's schoolchildren. But he argues that, whatever its immediate prospects, an education in the classical languages is of inestimable personal and cultural value." "In Climbing Parnassus Simmons presents the reader not so much with a program for educational renewal as with a defense and vindication of the formative power of Greek and Latin. His 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."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "A few notes at base camp -- Bent twigs and trees inclined : liberal education, the humanities, and the quest for a common mind : the foothils of classical education -- Prospect from the Castalian spring : the long ascent of classical education from ancient to modern times -- Traveling through the realms of gold: the balms of Greek of Latin.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xvii, 268 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Climbing Parnassus.".
- catalog identifier "1882926625".
- catalog identifier "1882926730".
- catalog isFormatOf "Climbing Parnassus.".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Wilmington, Del. : ISI Books,".
- catalog relation "Climbing Parnassus.".
- catalog subject "373.24/2 21".
- catalog subject "Classical education.".
- catalog subject "Classical philology Study and teaching.".
- catalog subject "LC1011 .S53 2002".
- catalog tableOfContents "A few notes at base camp -- Bent twigs and trees inclined : liberal education, the humanities, and the quest for a common mind : the foothils of classical education -- Prospect from the Castalian spring : the long ascent of classical education from ancient to modern times -- Traveling through the realms of gold: the balms of Greek of Latin.".
- catalog title "Climbing Parnassus : a new apologia for Greek and Latin / Tracy Lee Simmons ; [forward by William F. Buckley, Jr.]".
- catalog type "text".