In Climbing Parnassus, 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.
- ISBN10 1497651395
- ISBN13 9781497651395
- Publish Date 1 January 2014 (first published 1 April 2002)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 17 June 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Intercollegiate Studies Institute
- Format eBook
- Language English