Classic Wisdom

In the early part of the 20^th century Harvard University President Dr. Charles W. Eliot is quoted for often saying ‘anyone can get all the elements of a liberal education by reading for 15 minutes a day for one year from a collection of books that could fit on a five-foot bookshelf.’ The professor w...

Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and an integral part of the movement for independence from the British Empire.

Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States after serving as Vice-President under John Adams, whom he went on to defeat to...

Ash Wednesday is the first day of the 46 day period known as Lent. Lent is a time of prayer, fasting, penance and reflection. It is a representation of the 40 days Jesus spent in the desert being tempted before he began his public ministry.

Ash Wednesday occurs after Shrove Tuesday which is a d...

1) Vitruvius was a Roman architect, engineer and author.

2) Vitruvius is the author of De architectura, commonly known as the Ten Books on Architecture. It is one of the best records to this day on Roman building methods, planning and design. It served as a guide for building projects such as a...

The goal of classical education is to train the mind to be able to master any subject through a three stage process known as the Trivium. The three skills acquired in the trivium are grammar, logic and rhetoric. After honing these three skills the student is capable of learning for oneself and able ...

Learning to learn for oneself is the goal of classical education. Developing the mind through a three stage process known as the trivium, the student will be able to use their analytical powers to master any subject. This does not mean the student no longer needs a teacher, but that the student is n...

Reading is a complex cognitive process of decoding symbols in order to construct or derive meaning, referred to as reading comprehension. The Harvard Classics offers ample reading material and a wide range of literary forms that will allow you to develop, practice and test your skills and abilities ...

There are four major themes involved in time management:

1) Creating an environment conducive to effectiveness

2) Setting of priorities

3) Carrying out activity around those priorities

4) The related process of reduction of time spent on non-priorities

Creating an env...

1) Thoreau was an American author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor and historian.

2) Thoreau was a leader in the Transcendentalist movement.

3) Thoreau spent two years, two months and two days in a cabin near Walden Pond where he wrot...

1) Emerson was a renowned American Essayist, Poet and Lecturer

2) Emerson was a prominent leader in the Transcendentalist movement of the 19^th century, summarizing transcendentalism's beliefs and values in his 1836 essay entitled “Nature” which was more philosophical than naturalistic.

3) ...

Reversing a Civic Recession: What The Harvard Classics Can Do

My goal for the Classics Club challenge is to complete the entire Harvard Classics Reading Guide. Each day I am going to read the classic work chosen by the creator of the Harvard Classics, Professor Charles Eliot, for that day. According to Eliot, if a person would spend 15 minutes a day reading fr...

The greatest spectacle offered man is a view of the magnificent vault of heaven. Under the stupendous arch of the Milky Way the cares of the world roll off.

Read: Newcomb's THE EXTENT OF THE UNIVERSE .....  Vol. 30, pp. 311-321




 

The reader who desires to approach this...

If you are motivated you can get all the elements of a liberal education in 90 days by reading the Harvard Classics online at My Harvard Classics. Challenge yourself to supplement your science or tech dominated background. Or add cross-discipline study to your alternative higher education or apprent...