DeSantis's Revolutionary Defense of the Classics - WSJ - 0 views
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Gov. Ron DeSantis just gave a welcome boost to the classical-education movement. He signed legislation allowing high-school students to qualify for Bright Futures scholarships, a state fund for college education, by submitting scores from the Classic Learning Test instead of the SAT alone.
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the greatest works of civilization have always been about spurring—not preventing—radical change. They teach us about the revolutionary ideas of the past and help us better understand the present
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Many of the seminal works of literature, history, philosophy, science and theology were revolutionary in their respective age
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Like revolutionary ideas today, the ideas of yesterday were provocative and, in many cases, much more consequential.
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Revolutionary figures of the past give us insight into the present and allow for reflection on the consequences of their choices.
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one of the virtues of the classics: They are a means of considering what is true without invoking the blind partisanship that encourages thoughtless action. There is nothing we need more today than the cultivation of reason and understanding.