Why Study The Great Books?

Many see reading the Great Books as a productive pastime. But, is there value in a formal study of the Great Books for personal growth? In this episode, Martin Cothran and Dan Sheffler delve into the rhyme and reason of intentionally improving one's knowledge of the wisdom found in the Great Books of the Western world. Martin and Dan both head up Memoria College, a program designed to provide a meaningful encounter with the fundamental texts of philosophy, literature, theology, psychology, history, economics, and science. This episode is full of laughs and truths: check it out!
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In season 2 of Classical Et Cetera, Shane sits down with a panel of Memoria Press' finest to host conversations about our core beliefs, tenets, and pillars of education.
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[@carter6018]

Best podcast on this platform. High quality, good production, meaningful conversations. I’m always learning something new.

[@jakelm4256]

I’m on track to be done with the ten year reading program of the Great Books in Q1 2024. Trying to decide if I should wait till then to enroll in the Great Books Masters Program.

[@thomasphoenix3228]

That's awesome, Jake! Congratulations on being so close to finishing! I just started Year 1 a few months ago after discovering the plan and I'm very excited to start this journey.

[@stretmediq]

I've read the entire core set of the Great Books of the Western World and all the Harvard Classics. It took me almost 30 years

[@z.a8847]

@@stretmediqhow do you feel ?

[@courtneytautges4997]

These are just the best, already planning a relisten!

[@CoryRoo33]

Love being a nerd ❤📚

[@m.lermapaula4582]

Books are lovely if you got stranded in the long traffic, bank lines, or waiting for your tardy mates

[@lh77733]

Homeschool moms can handle Chesterton.

[@133839297]

Great content. The gentleman on the right should lose the vocal fry, he is better than that.

[@mrs.jaywojo5426]

Perhaps he has a problem with his vocal chords... perhaps like Robert Kennedy? It may just be his voice.

[@pouetpouetdaddy5]

interesting. But not interested by the religious christian angle. Those books are mostly not religious. And beard guy is handsome😊

[@All5Horizons]

I’m sure that these are intelligent men. And I agree that reading the classics is a worthwhile and enriching project. But their arguments here were contradictory, uninformed, and come across as largely patting themselves on the back for being so sophisticated.

[@Elvisism]

An astute interpretation, and arguably holds some truth.