Socrates was the teacher. His brilliant student, Plato, would record his teaching method. (Socrates wrote nothing down) he taught by posing the question.
Later, a brilliant student of Plato named Aristotle came around. He gave us the Trivium.
Rhetoric, Logic and Grammar.
Logic is 2 plus 2 equals 4.
Rhetoric is the persuasive argument utilising logic and grammar to win the debate.
You must be excellant in all 3.
None of this is taught anymore unless you go to a small classical liberal arts school.
We have been dumbed down to a dangerous level.
What is taught today?
Sophistry!
If the priest says the blue sky is actually black?
She is brilliant at rhetoric, but i do not trust her. The ancient greeks were well aware of her and charlie kirk. Stay alert. Trust but verify.
Socrates was the teacher. His brilliant student, Plato, would record his teaching method. (Socrates wrote nothing down) he taught by posing the question.
Later, a brilliant student of Plato named Aristotle came around. He gave us the Trivium.
Rhetoric, Logic and Grammar.
Logic is 2 plus 2 equals 4.
Rhetoric is the persuasive argument utilising logic and grammar to win the debate.
You must be excellant in all 3.
None of this is taught anymore unless you go to a small classical liberal arts school.
We have been dumbed down to a dangerous level.
What is taught today?
Sophistry!
If the priest says the blue sky is actually black?
That sky is black.
Son is a jr at private Christian school. Not the denim dresses and PhDs.(Pentecostal Hair Do) kind.
Taking Adv Rhetoric...I think I lost our last argument. I asked where he learned that crap! I'm supposed to win lol
95% of those kids are Patriots...600 students. They turned away almost that many last year.
Highest ACT avg in the state. We got lucky.....plucked him out of public indoctrination in 2nd grade.
Same Classical education we had in the 60s
I am 51 now, so getting old. There is nothing more that i love than a young 15 to 20 year old that has been taught classical rhetoric.
Gives me hope for the future and damn, with their high spinning brains?
Yeah, cant argue with them.
That is the beauty.
Sounds like you raised a great yound man.
Hat Tip!