Plutarch's writings remain just as relevant today as they were when he wrote them. As we survey this great Roman writer, we'll focus on the following questions: <ol> <li>Why are we indebted to Plutarch for the prominence of poetry in our literary canon?</li> <li>According to Plutarch, why should parents invest in the education of their children?</li> <li>How are Plutarch's guidelines on how to learn as relevant today as they were to the imperial Roman?</li> </ol> Recommended Reading: Plutarch, <a href= "https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Moralia/De_liberis_educandis*.html"> The Education of Children</a>. Plutarch, <a href= "https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Moralia/De_auditu*.html"> On Listening to Lectures</a>.

Plutarch's writings remain just as relevant today as they were when he wrote them. As we survey this great Roman writer, we'll focus on the following questions: Why are we indebted to Plutarch for the prominence of poetry in our literary canon? According to Plutarch, why should parents invest in the education of their children? How are Plutarch's guidelines on how to learn as relevant today as they were to the imperial Roman? Recommended Reading: Plutarch, The Education of Children. Plutarch, On Listening to Lectures.

Plutarch's writings remain just as relevant today as they were when he wrote them. As we survey this great Roman writer, we'll focus on the following questions: <ol> <li>Why are we indebted to Plutarch for the prominence of poetry in our literary canon?</li> <li>According to Plutarch, why should parents invest in the education of their children?</li> <li>How are Plutarch's guidelines on how to learn as relevant today as they were to the imperial Roman?</li> </ol> Recommended Reading: Plutarch, <a href="https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Moralia/De_liberis_educandis*.html" rel="noopener noreferrer"> The Education of Children</a>. Plutarch, <a href="https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Moralia/De_auditu*.html" rel="noopener noreferrer"> On Listening to Lectures</a>.

Plutarch: Honor, Wisdom, and Duty

Welcome to The Pillars: Jerusalem, Athens, and the Western Mind, a podcast that tells the story of the prophets, philosophers, and poets who created the West. 

In this podcast, Rabbi Dr. Mitchell Rocklin guides listeners through more than 3,000 years of Western history, offering a coherent, civilizational story of how the West came to be—along with a deepened understanding of the challenges it now faces. While many of the texts discussed will be familiar to students of the humanities, Rabbi Rocklin offers a new framework for understanding them—a framework in which the teachings of the Jewish religious tradition play a central role. For, as Rabbi Rocklin explains, Western civilization can only be understood as the product of a transformative and ongoing collision between the great traditions of Jerusalem and Athens—between the religious spirit of the Jews and the philosophical spirit of the Greeks.

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Welcome to The Pillars: Jerusalem, Athens, and the Western Mind, a podcast that tells the story of the prophets, philosophers, and poets who created the West. In this podcast, Rabbi Dr. Mitchell Rocklin guides listeners through more than 3,000 years of Western history, offering a coherent, civilizational story of how the West came to be—along with a deepened understanding of the challenges it now faces. While many of the texts discussed will be familiar to students of the humanities, Rabbi Rocklin offers a new framework for understanding them—a framework in which the teachings of the Jewish religious tradition play a central role. For, as Rabbi Rocklin explains, Western civilization can only be understood as the product of a transformative and ongoing collision between the great traditions of Jerusalem and Athens—between the religious spirit of the Jews and the philosophical spirit of the Greeks.

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