Reminded me of Adler's Syntopicon project from around 1950. 35 readers, 5 years, 400,000 man-hours of reading, 434 Works, 73 Authors from Homer to 20th century
Oh man, so many thoughts on this topic. I’ll only say that it’s very disappointing to learn that even Christian universities are starting to feel the pressure to cave to market pressure (the shuttering of the Australian Catholic University’s Dianoia Institute for Philosophy for instance)
Reminded me of Adler's Syntopicon project from around 1950. 35 readers, 5 years, 400,000 man-hours of reading, 434 Works, 73 Authors from Homer to 20th century
https://classicalchristian.org/what-are-great-ideas/
This confirms for me yet again our need for alternative/underground forms of education, and community, and work.
Philosopher-plumbers. Coffee-shop schools. Workshops of community-building.
Back to basics: 1 book, 1 tutor, 1+ students.
Oh man, so many thoughts on this topic. I’ll only say that it’s very disappointing to learn that even Christian universities are starting to feel the pressure to cave to market pressure (the shuttering of the Australian Catholic University’s Dianoia Institute for Philosophy for instance)