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Have we killed Homer for good? Stephen Blackwood and historian-farmer Victor Davis Hanson examine the state of the contemporary West by returning to its ancient Greek origins. They explore the richness of its first principles, including self-critique, the elevation of rational understanding, the democratization of learning, and the unification of thought and action. They also bring to light our current cultural crisis: the uncritical rejection of the inherited past, an intellectualism divorced from reality, and a surrender to relativism at the cost of true self-reflection. They close by reflecting on the lateness of the hour, and offer a vital call to seek and speak truth, to ignite the fire of independence of mind, and to remember that while we may know more than those who came before, they are, as T.S. Eliot said, that which we know.
Links of possible interest
Who Killed Homer
amazon.com/Who-Killed-Homer-Classical-Education/dp/1893554260
Victor Davis Hanson's website
victorhanson.com/wordpress
Ralston College
http://ralston.ac
Ralston College Short Courses
https://www.ralston.ac/humanities-short-courses
Stephen Blackwood
stephenjblackwood.com
0:00 – Introduction
4:52 – Core values of Western civilization as inherited from the Greeks
8:29 – The ways in which these values have been preserved across history
15:17 – The role of conservatism in society
22:28 – How to better transmit these values to the next generations
28:38 – Highest realities accessible to everyone; reading from Homer
35:38 – Advice for young people to live lives of freedom, depth, and courage
#RalstonCollege
Have we killed Homer for good? Stephen Blackwood and historian-farmer Victor Davis Hanson examine the state of the contemporary West by returning to its ancient Greek origins. They explore the richness of its first principles, including self-critique, the elevation of rational understanding, the democratization of learning, and the unification of thought and action. They also bring to light our current cultural crisis: the uncritical rejection of the inherited past, an intellectualism divorced from reality, and a surrender to relativism at the cost of true self-reflection. They close by reflecting on the lateness of the hour, and offer a vital call to seek and speak truth, to ignite the fire of independence of mind, and to remember that while we may know more than those who came before, they are, as T.S. Eliot said, that which we know.
Links of possible interest
Who Killed Homer
amazon.com/Who-Killed-Homer-Classical-Education/dp/1893554260
Victor Davis Hanson's website
victorhanson.com/wordpress
Ralston College
http://ralston.ac
Ralston College Short Courses
https://www.ralston.ac/humanities-short-courses
Stephen Blackwood
stephenjblackwood.com
0:00 – Introduction
4:52 – Core values of Western civilization as inherited from the Greeks
8:29 – The ways in which these values have been preserved across history
15:17 – The role of conservatism in society
22:28 – How to better transmit these values to the next generations
28:38 – Highest realities accessible to everyone; reading from Homer
35:38 – Advice for young people to live lives of freedom, depth, and courage
#RalstonCollege
