Dr. Christopher Perrin has been a leader in the renewal of classical education in the United States for 25 years. In this podcast, he traces the renewal of the American paideia exploring the recent history of the American renaissance in light of the 2500 years that have preceded it. Christopher is the founding CEO of Classical Academic Press and the founder of ClassicalU.com. The Christopher Perrin Show is part of the TrueNorth.fm podcast network.
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In this episode, Dr. Perrin notes the ways we have forgotten the meaning of words that related to education and revives the meaning of about 20 key words we need to know in order to better understand what education really is.由Christopher Perrin
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In this episode, Dr. Perrin describes the way that Christian classical education must offer hospitality to students seeking an intellectual home and healing to the sickness of their souls. While this is not the whole of a robust classical education, it is integral and vital part. (Also with connections to Augustine: Rejoicing in the Truth by Jeffre…
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In this episode, Dr. Perrin discusses the difficulty and the importance of keeping with classical learning throughout the entirety of a student's education, and of finding times to be wisdom-seeking Mary in a society that expects everyone to be always-busy Martha.由Christopher Perrin
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In this episode Dr. Perrin considers this traditional maxim. Can authors and their books become meaningful teachers and even life-long friends? What is the link between an author and authority? Do we still need living teachers if we have really good books?由Christopher Perrin
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In this episode, Dr. Perrin traces that part of the Christian tradition of education that regarded education as a preparation not only for one's earthly life but ultimately for the next, heavenly life. Can such a heavenly focus be of real, earthly merit? The tradition says yes.由Christopher Perrin
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In this episode, Dr. Perrin describes the pedagogical maximum of Repetitio Mater Memoriae, noting that repetition can be a delightful activity of seeking and experiencing the same good thing again and again until it is permanently possessed.由Christopher Perrin
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In this episode, Dr. Perrin describes the ways that teaching a few things deeply and well accelerates learning much better than by superficially covering or skimming over content.由Christopher Perrin
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In this episode, Dr. Perrin retrieves and describes one of the most essential pedagogical principles every teacher should employ--the art of going farther and faster by going slower.由Christopher Perrin
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What is an educated mind? Newman says the mature mind "discerns the end in every beginning, the origin in every end, the law in every interruption, the limit in each delay; because it ever knows where it stands, and how its path lies from one point to another." In this episode, Dr. Perrin summarizes Newman on what the grand goal of education truly …
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Episode 34: Cutting School: Why Classical Schools Fragment Education and Turn Learning into Subjects
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In this episode, Dr. Perrin laments the ways that classical schools, like progressives schools, regularly "cut up" the curriculum into too many disconnected fragments that become "subjects."由Christopher Perrin
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Episode 33: Piling It On: Why Classical Schools Have Too Many Periods and Teach Too Many Subjects
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In this episode, Dr. Perrin explains the why classical schools still retain elements of their progressive counterparts and simply try to teach too much.由Christopher Perrin
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In this episode, Davies Owens (from Basecamp Live) and I co-host the podcast and talk about the ways friendship and fellowship should be at the heart of classical education.由Christopher Perrin
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In this episode Christopher Perrin discusses how formative and powerful a great education can be. Tradition is formative but a great tradition is transformative.由Christopher Perrin
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It took a long while to fix the canon of Scripture; it also takes a while to determine that a book is truly a Great Book. Dr. Perrin argues that the process by which both canons are established is similar.由Christopher Perrin
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In this episode, Dr. Perrin continues to explore faith as a theological virtue.由Christopher Perrin
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In this episode, Dr. Perrin explores how theological virtues such as faith, hope, and love complement the four cardinal virtues.由Christopher Perrin
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In this episode Dr. Perrin describes justice as the virtue that enable us to act properly and fairly after having accurately perceived what is real, or the true state of affairs.由Christopher Perrin
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In this episode Dr. Perrin describes how prudence can become falsified so that we are not able to perceive what is truly real.由Christopher Perrin
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In this episode Dr. Perrin describes how prudence was the chief, governing virtues among the all of the cardinal virtues of prudence, justice, temperance, and fortitude.由Christopher Perrin
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In this episode, Dr. Perrin continues exploring the virtue of fortitude and he discusses the fortitude that is necessary to be a teacher.由Christopher Perrin
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In this episode, Dr. Perrin discusses the virtue of fortitude in classical education and how it relates to teaching.由Christopher Perrin
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In this episode, Dr. Perrin continues his discussion with Tim McIntosh, a former professor at Gutenberg College and a current creative director, actor, and playwright. They discuss the importance of Shakespeare and other great authors in classical education, and particularly how plays and other creative outlets positively impact students.…
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In this episode, Dr. Perrin talks with Tim McIntosh, a former professor at Gutenberg College and a current creative director, actor, and playwright. They discuss the importance of Shakespeare and other great authors in classical education, and particularly how plays and other creative outlets positively impact students.…
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In this episode, Dr. Perrin describes the importance of temperance in everyday life and in education.由Christopher Perrin
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In this episode, Dr. Perrin describes the importance of friendship in everyday life and in education.由Christopher Perrin
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In this episode, Dr. Perrin describes how metaphors can be used to understand classical education.由Christopher Perrin
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In this episode, Dr. Perrin explores the meaning of Christian nationalism and how it relates to classical education.由Christopher Perrin
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In this episode, Dr. Perrin explores the many contributions Augustine made to the modern understanding of history, education, philosophy, and theology.由Christopher Perrin
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In this episode, Dr. Perrin describes the ongoing importance and relevance of both Augustine and Kuyper in classical Christian education.由Christopher Perrin
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In this episode, Dr. Perrin explores the meaning of the word, "college" and its role in classical education. What does a college curriculum look like today and how does it compare to what it could look like if classical methods were applied?由Christopher Perrin
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In this episode, Dr. Perrin explores the true meaning of the word, "education". What do we mean when we use it and how has this meaning changed over the course of history?由Christopher Perrin
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In this episode, Dr. Perrin builds upon Episode 10 by exploring the etymologies and histories behind words that are commonly used in education today.由Christopher Perrin
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In this episode, Dr. Perrin discusses words and their importance in education. What words do we use in traditional liberal education? How have we lost the meanings of certain words in our lives?由Christopher Perrin
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In this episode, Dr. Perrin and Greg Wilbur of New College Franklin discuss the importance of the intersection between theology and classical education. This conversation was recorded at CiRCE Institute National Conference in Charleston.由Christopher Perrin
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How have we, as a modern society, forgotten how to lament? What could lamentation do for us, on an individual level and as a whole?由Christopher Perrin
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What was the earliest classical school for African Americans and what effect did it have on the resurgence of the classical movement today?由Christopher Perrin
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How do we encounter the classical tradition? How do we engage with the sacred inheritance of great writings?由Christopher Perrin
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What does Jerusalem have to do with Athens? Can the Greek and Roman tradition of classical thought be harmonized with what is taught in the Old and New Testaments or in the Christian tradition?由Christopher Perrin
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What are the liberal arts? Why are they liberal? And why are they arts?由Christopher Perrin
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Conversation is a dance of ideas with at least one partner. Find out why.由Christopher Perrin
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What is it for which education should aim and seek? Virtue. Find out why.由Christopher Perrin
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In this inaugural episode, Dr. Perrin make a case for wisdom being the chief aim of education. Sadly, few us can even define wisdom much less know how to...由Christopher Perrin
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