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"As only the Catholic and communist know, all education must be ultimately religious education." So argues T.S. Eliot in his essay "Modern Education and the Classics," in which he contrasts three different camps in the world of education: the radical, the liberal, and the orthodox. Eliot seems to say that the only hope for continued erudition in the Greek and Roman classics is a rebirth of Christendom. Jonathan and Ryan discuss Eliot's provocative thesis, along with the lessons he offers to would-be educational reformers.

T.S. Eliot's Modern Education and the Classics: https://muse.jhu.edu/document/615

T.S. Eliot's Selected Essays: https://amzn.to/3GD5mft

Eric Adler's Humanistic Letters: https://amzn.to/41kvlSb

John Peterson's College Is Too Late: https://americanmind.org/features/how-to-save-higher-education/college-is-too-late/

Rod Dreher's The Benedict Option: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9780735213302

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