Beautifully written Andrew! I very much like this paragraph:
"Courses would draw on a pedigree in the classics and philosophy. What better interviewer than Socrates? Imagine tracing the development of human organization through Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Machiavelli and the great thinkers and artists of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment. Given such a background it would be difficult for our journalists to be rooted in American exceptionalism. The arc of history would place all movements and revolutions in their proper evolutionary places. Within this context journalists could achieve a proper command of the facts and see emerging truths more clearly."
I couldn't agree with you more on how important this is. Your students are lucky to have you as a teacher.
Beautifully written Andrew! I very much like this paragraph:
"Courses would draw on a pedigree in the classics and philosophy. What better interviewer than Socrates? Imagine tracing the development of human organization through Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Machiavelli and the great thinkers and artists of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment. Given such a background it would be difficult for our journalists to be rooted in American exceptionalism. The arc of history would place all movements and revolutions in their proper evolutionary places. Within this context journalists could achieve a proper command of the facts and see emerging truths more clearly."
I couldn't agree with you more on how important this is. Your students are lucky to have you as a teacher.