IN THE SHADOW OF ANCIENTS: Some Thoughts about Modernism

IMAGE:   An ancient Roman bust with a some lines of Greek and Latin fading into the shadows.

Tim:     So many schools stand in the shadows of ancient Greek and Roman models.

Liao:    Of course. However, I'm not worried about that. Academic overspecialization
         concerns me more: cross-discipline communication is becoming increasingly hard.

Satoru:  That's true. Moreover, it's a challenge to communicate complex information to ordinary folks.

Melissa: (a bit melodramatically, and not without a tinge of jest) It feels as if
         knowledge is fragmenting. . . there's too much to absorb!

Liao:    Melissa, you think too much like a modern. Many ancients believed no "new"
         knowledge existed. They held that all fundamental truths were revealed during some "golden age".

Satoru:  (clearing his throat) Anyway, whenever people talk about "golden ages" I simply laugh.

Melissa: Yeah, how easily intoxicated we are by our own words!


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from _Crassroom Voices - Poetry, Art, & Dialogs about Education_ by T Newfields
SUMMARY: A Graeco-Roman bust and discussion about how modern education often differs from classical education.
KEYWORDS: classical education, Graeco-Roman tradition, modern education, academic overspecialization

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955)
Begun: 2001 in Nagoya, Japan / Finished: 2019 in Yokohama, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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  Spanish:  https://www.tnewfields.info/es/antiguos.htm
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