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Article: The case for classical languages: Greek and Latin refine the mind and elevate the soul toward `things which man, at his best, wishes, and ought to wish, to achieve,' argues a defender of classical instruction.(Climbing Parnassus: A New Apologia for Greek and Latin ) (book review)
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- June 17, 2002
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Readers may be forgiven for suspecting that Tracy Lee Simmons' Climbing Parnassus: A New Apologia for Greek and Latin (ISI Books, $24.95, 268 pp), is just another fruitless call for the teaching of Greek and Latin in American schools. They will be pleasantly surprised. Simmons, a journalist who writes widely on literary and cultural matters, offers a somewhat new approach to the question of learning the classical languages.
In the past, many advocates of a revived classical education have pushed forward their curriculum in the same spirit as did people who, in an earlier era, advocated daily intake of cod-liver oil: It's good for you. Simmons' twofold goal is ...
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