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Classical Stuff You Should Know

215: Learning in Wartime

Classical Stuff You Should Know

A.J. Hanenburg

Christianity, Education, Books, Religion & Spirituality, Arts

4.5696 Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2022

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

In 1939, C.S. Lewis gave a sermon to some Oxford boys about whether it's okay to study books when there are Nazis to fight.

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to classical stuff you should know.

0:10.5

This is a podcast about the classical world.

0:12.4

We talk about books.

0:13.3

We talk about art.

0:14.1

We talk about old things, history.

0:16.2

And we are trying to do that in a way that isn't awful and a total dredgery for everyone,

0:20.3

like some of the classes you probably had in high school.

0:22.7

Oh, shots fired.

0:23.5

I know.

0:24.1

I didn't you have those classes?

0:25.3

I have those classes.

0:26.0

I know, but.

0:26.6

No, I loved every single one of my classes.

0:28.3

What are you all talking about?

0:29.9

This is not true.

0:30.9

I'd make that up.

0:31.9

Yep.

0:32.2

Anyway, I'm here with Mr. Graham Donaldson. Hello. And Mr. Thomas Fletcher Magby.

0:38.6

Hi.

0:39.3

And that's the podcast.

0:40.8

That's it.

0:41.0

Three of us.

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