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Climbing Parnassus

A New Apologia for Greek and Latin

Climbing Parnassus( )
Author: Simmons, Tracy Lee
ISBN:978-1-882926-73-2
Publication Date:Apr 2002
Publisher:Regnery Publishing
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $24.95
Book Description:

In Climbing Parnassus, winner of the 2005 Paideia Prize, Tracy Lee Simmons presents a defense and vindication of the formative power of Greek and Latin. He also shows how these languages have played a crucial role in the development of authentic Humanism, the foundation of the West's cultural order and America's understanding of itself as a union of citizens. Simmons's persuasive witness to the unique, now all-but-forgotten advantages of study in and of the classical languages...
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Book Details
Pages:290
Detailed Subjects: Education / General
Philosophy / Movements / Humanism
Foreign Language Study / Ancient Languages
Foreign Language Study / Latin
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.5 x 8.5 x 0.75 Inches
Book Weight:0.921 Pounds



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