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Classical Stuff You Should Know

59: Antigone

Classical Stuff You Should Know

A.J. Hanenburg

Christianity, Education, Books, Religion & Spirituality, Arts

4.5696 Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2018

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

In the last play of the Theban cycle, Antigone, a bunch of folks die because of one already dead dude. Also, we discuss law.

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0:00.0

WIT, insight, literature. These words sum up classical stuff you should know.

0:19.2

Guys, I'm on my quest.

0:21.2

I'm trying to change it up.

0:23.5

We need it.

0:24.3

I'm trying to change the window, the intro, because you guys have been making fun of me.

0:27.1

Changing the windows?

0:27.8

Chasing the windows.

0:29.2

Anyway, hi, listeners.

0:30.9

This is classical stuff you should know.

0:32.9

A podcast put on by classical educators.

0:35.8

We are three men who are part of the classical education

0:40.4

movement for any new listeners. Classical education basically means trying to teach in the old ways,

0:47.9

trying to teach using an old pedagogy of questions, of logic, of dialectic, of Socratic dialogue, of the great books,

0:57.7

and having a healthy dose of skepticism to new and modern methodologies of instruction.

1:05.0

That was a good summary.

1:06.1

Thanks.

1:06.5

That was good.

1:06.9

And also, it's very exciting because it's been a methodology of teaching that has been dead or has been not taught for like three generations.

1:16.6

You know, sort of post-war, we had sort of this new progressive education, which we were all taught in.

1:21.9

Yes.

1:22.6

And we are kind of rediscovering the old ways of teaching.

1:26.6

It's like that scene in, what is it, Isaiah,

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