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Contraposition Posted 12 years ago
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classical education

What does 'classical education' mean?
  

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contraposition What does 'classical education' mean? Many years ago, it meant an education which included reading and studying classic literature in their original languages: Greek and Latin.

  • contraposition What does 'classical education' mean?
  • Many years ago, it meant an education which included reading and studying classic literature in their original languages: Greek and Latin.
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contraposition What does 'classical education' mean?
Many years ago, it meant an education which included reading and studying classic literature in their original languages: Greek and Latin.
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This can mean many things depending on the context. However, I have heard this term describe schools or colleges which employ the classical education method of instruction which is broken-down as follows:
Primary education - grammar, logic, and rhetoric
Secondary education - arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy
Tertiary education - apprenticeship
Colleges in the U.S. that em

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