Democracy, Great Works, and a Liberal Education

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Democracy, Great Works, and a Liberal Education
      

I have been the president of St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, since June 1991. The college believes, as our video here explains, that the way to a liberal education lies through a direct and sustained confrontation with some of the finest works in which the greatest minds of our civilization have expressed themselves.

Our schools need to have a conviction that some things are better, more fundamental, more worthy of study than others.

The content of the curriculum matters, not just for the good it contains, but because great writing, wonderful original works, exciting experiments, all fuel the desire to learn.
         

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