Climbing Parnassus: A New Apologia for Greek and Latin

by Tracy Lee Simmons

Book Overview

In Climbing Parnassus, winner of the 2005 Paideia Prize, Tracy Lee Simmons presents a defense and vindication of the formative power of Greek and Latin. He also shows how these languages have played a crucial role in the development of authentic Humanism, the foundation of the West's cultural order and America's understanding of itself as a union of citizens. Simmons's persuasive witness to the unique, now all-but-forgotten advantages of study in and of the classical languages constitutes a bracing reminder of the genuine aims of a truly liberal education.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1933859504
• ISBN13: 9781933859507
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Intercollegiate Studies Institute
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.7"