Climbing Parnassus

A New Apologia for Greek and Latin

By: Tracy Lee Simmons

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Paperback | 15 September 2007 | Edition Number 2

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290 Pages

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21.59 x 13.97 x 1.91

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In Climbing Parnassus, winner of the 2005 Paideia Prize, 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.

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"This luminous book shows that writing precisely and clearly demonstrates an allegiance to civilization itself."
-Jeffrey Hart, professor of English emeritus, Dartmouth College

"The author elucidates the values inherent in a classical education, i.e., the Greek and Latin languages and literatures, and these ideals shape this intelligent, passionate, and articulate book."
-Choice

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