Category Archives: Trivium

Does Euclid Make us Know

Posted on April 25, 2020 by Andrew Seeley

This is the PDF of a talk I gave as the Opening Lecture at Thomas Aquinas College some years ago, in which I took a critical look at Euclid’s demonstration that the interior angles of a triangle are equal to … Continue reading →

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Unexpected Classroom Enchantment

Posted on November 26, 2018 by Andrew Seeley

A few weeks ago, I was not looking forward to my morning class. Family health care issues had gotten me down, and I had little energy or inspiration for Sophomore Language. The translation assignment I had given them I did … Continue reading →

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Oliver Sacks — Imitation is source of originality

Posted on January 1, 2018 by Andrew Seeley

Impressive people report how much insight they have found in the works of neurologist Oliver Sacks, as in this article on BrainPickings.org: Sontag’s experience, Sacks argues, reflects the common pattern in the natural cycle of creative evolution — we learn … Continue reading →

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Figurative Language and the Poetic Art

Posted on September 11, 2016 by arthurhippler

Many years ago, I was doing research in the Catholic University of America library, and by chance discovered Shakespeare’s Use of the Arts of Language by Sister Miriam Joseph. At first, I was overwhelmed by the breadth and depth of … Continue reading →

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On (Not) Preparing Younger Students for Logic

Posted on February 21, 2014 by Andrew Seeley

A friend who is teaching up-and-coming teachers about the liberal arts forwarded this question to me from one of his students: I’ve also been contemplating throughout class so far how to prepare younger students for logic, as it is likely … Continue reading →

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