SS #101: Tell Me What I Wanna Hear (Josef Pieper on Flattery and Lies)
Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas
Brandy Vencel
4.7 • 540 Ratings
🗓️ 25 February 2022
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
In today's episode, Abby, Mystie, and Brandy dig into Josef Pieper's lesser-known work Abuse of Language, Abuse of Power. They end up spending a lot of time on the idea of flattery which is … super uplifting. The good news is that they decide in the end that what we are already doing in classical education works for this issue, too!
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It's not too late to join the Excellent Marxmanship seminar going on now in the Sistership. We are already learning lots and having a great time. Excellent Marxmanship is all about Marx with an X – and how he has made his marx (pun intended!) on the world around us. To join us as we read Plutarch, the Communist Manifesto, and more, go to scholesisters.com/marx
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| 0:00.0 | I was going to say something nice about you, but then I was like, |
| 0:02.2 | flattery. |
| 0:05.1 | I have no problem with hearing flattery. |
| 0:07.6 | I really enjoy it, actually. |
| 0:09.4 | Flatter me, |
| 0:09.8 | people. |
| 0:13.2 | I actually believe people when they say nice things about me. Welcome to Scalae Sisters, the podcast for the classical homeschooling mama who seeks to learn and grow while she's helping her children learn and grow. |
| 0:34.6 | Scalae Sisters is a casual conversation about topics that matter to those of us |
| 0:39.1 | in the trenches of classical homeschooling who yearn for something more than just checking boxes |
| 0:44.2 | and getting it all done. I'm your host, Brandy Vensel. You can find me over at the Charlotte Mason |
| 0:50.1 | Think Tank. Go to afterthoughtsblog.net slash think tank to learn more. |
| 0:56.2 | My co-hosts today are Misty Winkler and Abby Wall. |
| 1:00.5 | Misty is a homeschooling mom of five, including one graduate. |
| 1:04.2 | She writes and podcasts at simplyconvial.com and is the author of The Convivial Homeschool, |
| 1:10.4 | gospel encouragement for keeping your sanity while living and learning alongside your kids. and is the author of The Convivial Homeschool, Gospel Encouragement for Keeping Your Sanity |
| 1:12.7 | while living and learning alongside your kids, now available on Amazon. |
| 1:18.9 | Abby is basically the queen of the Scholeysistership. |
| 1:22.6 | Abby is a country-living farmer, rancher, a loving wife and mom of five who homeschools and reads whenever she can. |
| 1:31.0 | It's not too late to join the Excellent Marksmanship seminar going on now in the sister ship. |
| 1:36.3 | Excellent Marksmanship is all about Marx with an X, and how he has made his marks, pun intended, on the world around us. |
| 1:44.8 | To join us as we read Plutarch, the Communist Manifesto, and more, go to scoli-sisters.com |
| 1:50.7 | slash marks. |
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