In this episode, Dr. Perrin discusses words and their importance in education. What words do we use in traditional liberal education? How have we lost the meanings of certain words in our lives?

In this episode, Dr. Perrin and Greg Wilbur of New College Franklin discuss the importance of the intersection between theology and classical education. This conversation was recorded at CiRCE Institute National Conference in Charleston.

How have we, as a modern society, forgotten how to lament? What could lamentation do for us, on an individual level and as a whole?

What was the earliest classical school for African Americans and what effect did it have on the resurgence of the classical movement today?

How do we encounter the classical tradition? How do we engage with the sacred inheritance of great writings?

What does Jerusalem have to do with Athens? Can the Greek and Roman tradition of classical thought be harmonized with what is taught in the Old and New Testaments or in the Christian tradition?

What are the liberal arts? Why are they liberal? And why are they arts?

Conversation is a dance of ideas with at least one partner. Find out why.

What is it for which education should aim and seek? Virtue. Find out why.

In this inaugural episode, Dr. Perrin make a case for wisdom being the chief aim of education. Sadly, few us can even define wisdom much less know how to...