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Plato and Liberal Education – Part Three

by Brother Francis Maluf, M.I.C.M.
Plato and Liberal Education
III. The Epochs in Plato’s Educational System
The key for Plato’s system of education is the Greek word μουσικε (sounds like “musikay”) which has survived in our modern languages in such words as “music” and “museum”. To the Greeks the term had a wider signification, including within its comprehension [...]

The Standards of Christ vs the Standards of the World

[This is taken from Saint Joseph's Baltimore Catechism #2, Lesson 10, page 67.]
Standards of Christ

Blessed are the poor in spirit, that is, those who love the humble condition of the poor.
Blessed are the meek.
Blessed are they who mourn.
Blessed are they who hunger and thirst after justice, that is, not after the things of [...]