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  • May 14, 2012 at 11:36 pm #3193 Reply
    Phidippides
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    A professor had this to say about why it's a good idea for college students to study Classics.Why Study Classics? Why not?

    May 15, 2012 at 7:12 am #26935 Reply
    scout1067
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    Because they are some of the foundational texts of Western civilization and in their own way are just as important as the Bible.  Plus, some of them are just great stories.  Plutarch's Lives and The Gallic Wars come immediately to mind as required reading.

    May 15, 2012 at 9:21 am #26936 Reply
    skiguy
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    Classics, as far as thse of us who live in and benefit from Wesern Civilization, answers all or most of the whys we have about our culture.  Laws, religion, education, warfare, politics are all included in the Classics. I would even go so far as to say Medieval studies are almost as important to learn.

    May 15, 2012 at 12:23 pm #26937 Reply
    donroc
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    Best reason = continuity of culture if not civilization. No intelligent conversation is possible without context. Facts need foundations to be understood. That is why our failed educational system, with a few exceptions, has been producing sevral generations of barbarians.

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