Memoria College

"It is a condition of children’s education that their curiosity be engaged. That is, granting one additional premise: that the classical view of the soul is correct. But there are alternative notions of education that take a stand on different convictions about the human soul." memoriacollege.org/a-tale-of-two-…

"With 'Till We Have Faces', C.S. Lewis beautifully explores the collision of Socratic/Platonic philosophy and paganism in a pre-Christian culture." memoriacollege.org/seeking-to-kno…

"The serpent’s particular cunning was that he offered knowledge that was simply there for the taking." memoriacollege.substack.com/p/knowledge-wo…

"There are two distinct activities that go under the name 'learning', and mixing them up causes a lot of trouble in the classroom."—Thomas Cothran, "Teaching Triangles" memoriacollege.org/teaching-trian…

"It is the glory of Greek literature that in its greatest representatives art and life are not divorced."—R. W. Livingstone, A Defense if Classical Education, p. 120 memoriapress.com/curriculum/mp/…

The Shortlist for the Parnassus Prize for Literature has been posted. memoriacollege.org/parnassus-priz…

"Extolling the virtues of learning Greek and Latin, John Stuart Mill observed in 1867 that 'The structure of every sentence is a lesson in logic…no modern European language is so valuable a discipline to the intellect.'" economist.com/culture/2026/0…

Memoria College professor Joseph Pearce, on reading the letters of J. R. R. Tolkien. "Amongst the many volumes in the Pearce family library are collections of letters or diaries by writers whom I admire..." theimaginativeconservative.org/2026/03/eavesd…

"The idea that mathematics is key to understanding the soul has an old and distinguished pedigree. In Plato’s Meno, Socrates guides an uneducated child through a mathematical puzzle to uncover the origins of knowledge." memoriacollege.org/mathematics-ke…

"...[L]et us ask: Is the question, "What is civilization?" even worth asking? Let me suggest to you that this question—as abstract as it is—really lies behind almost everything we do, with and without our children."—Tracy Lee Simmons, On Being Civilized, p. 3 memoriapress.com/curriculum/mcp…

"Seeing fairy tales as a tool by which to teach virtues of compassion, love of nature, gentleness, and mercy, Dickens thought that twisting them to teach a pet social issue of the (new) author was a particularly heinous sort of literary violence." memoriacollege.org/the-fairy-worl…

"Every year, when I teach Plato’s Republic, something subtle happens to the students. At first, the students are confident. They are articulate, well-read, informed...And yet, somewhere around Book VII, the atmosphere shifts. We enter the cave." memoriacollege.org/from-screens-t…

Our newest Foundations podcast. youtube.com/watch?v=NNYPwB…

Starts next Monday. memoriacollege.org/register/elect…

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Saving Western Civilization: An Introduction to Classical Education starts in 3 weeks. memoriacollege.org/register/elect…

"He who can show the world how to use its leisure will be a greater benefactor than Watt, Stephenson, Edison, Wright, or any maker of machines." antigonejournal.com/2024/11/machin…

"All the great intellectual impulses begin in Greece; the modern world only grows crops from the Greek seed."—W. H. D. Rouse