Want civilization to crash? Lock up the Great Books. Head of School Kolby Atchison and Class 8 faculty member Isabella Vander Woude discuss the definition of the Great Books and why these texts are key to preserving a flourishing society and cultivating thoughtful, wholehearted, lifelong learners.

Further reading: Breaking Bread With the Dead by Alan Jacobs

Passing the Torch by Louis Markos

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