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28 November 2008 Paige Puntso Ostnup6@yahoo.com; 801-782-7053 CLASSICS COLLOQUIUM Word Document (Sister Puntso's original) CLASSICS COLLOQUIUM Welcome to the Classics Colloquium! This is a long-term continuing education colloquium wherein we meet monthly to discuss, analyze, and evaluate selected readings in the classics of western civilization. The proposed program of study is as follows: Year 1 (2009) – Greek Classics, Part I Year 2 (2010) – Greek Classics, Part II Year 3 (2011) – Roman Classics, Part I Year 4 (2012) – Roman Classics, Part II Year 5 (2013) – Medieval Classics, Part I Year 6 (2014) – Medieval Classics, Part II Year 7 (2015) – Modern Classics, Part I Year 8 (2016) – Modern Classics, Part II No prior knowledge of the classics is required, nor any formal training in Socratic dialogue, merely an inquiring mind, the discipline to read the material and reflect on the corresponding study questions, and to respect the intellect and comments of all colloquium participants. The readings have been carefully chosen for breadth, depth, and/or their elucidation of salient principles manifest in civic communities throughout the ages. Moreover, these readings are available in our public libraries in multiple copies. Indeed, a stated goal in offering this Classics Colloquium is to effect how we think, and how prominent men and women of the past chose to articulate their ideas and shape the thoughts and actions of succeeding generations. In so doing, our intellectual foray into the Classics of Western Civilization will stretch our minds and our spirits, endow us with greater virtue, self-awareness, and charity for others, and enable us to ‘prize truth, justice, wisdom, benevolence, and self-control as the choicest acquisitions of a successful life.’[1] 2009 Syllabus: Classics Colloquium
Meeting Location: 673 East, 2800 North, North Ogden Utah Time: 3d Sunday of each Month, 7 PM to 8.30 PM (1900-2030 hrs) [1] See “Ten Characteristics of an Educated Person,” H.W. Pinnock, [1980], and “Character – The Aim of Education,” T.E. Brewerton, [1982], speeches@byu.edu. |
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