Once you begin looking at curricula, it doesn’t take long to notice there’s a lot of overlap on the book lists. Homer. Plato. Plutarch. Dante. Milton. It can leave a mom wondering why we have to read these books in classical education. To get that answer, however, we have to ask a slightly different set of questions: Why do some stories last and why does that matter?

I’m joined today by Mr. Joshua Gibbs to discuss why loving stories that last—whether in book, music, or film—is a matter of the soul.

Footnotes for this episode

Gibbs Classical

Gibbs Classical: Classes

The Cedar Room | Josh’s column at the Circe Institute

Proverbial Podcast

Love What Lasts

How to Be Unlucky

Something They Will Not Forget

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