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The Classical Mind Newsletter for October 27, 2023

The Canon of Great Books, Van Gogh Reimagined, When You Don't Feel Like Reading, Reverberations of the Oedipus Story, Shakespeare's Everyday Relationships, St. Crispin's Day, Religious Knowledge

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Housekeeping

  • We are busily preparing to record our next episode on The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. That will release November 7. Funny fact: November 7 is an Election Day. We didn’t plan it that way but it works out!

  • The book for December is Troilus and Crisyde by Geoffrey Chaucer.

  • January will be a Listener’s Choice read. Keep an eye out for a nomination thread in the chat in the next few weeks.

  • Please drop a comment about the kind of things you’d like to see in future installments of this newsletter. The way we see it, this newsletter exists to foster conversation for our community of listeners and fellow readers.

The Canon of Great Books

You know we’re suckers for conversations about the Canon! So of course, we have to promote this

Renewing Classical Education
episode about The Canon of Great Books.

Renewing Classical Education
The Canon of the Great Books
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2 years ago · 6 likes · Christopher Perrin

Van Gogh Reimagined

Cizza Bernal, a Mexican artist, is capturing cityscapes with his camera and then adding the Van Gogh-esque swirly sky. Check out this piece in My Modern Met about Bernal’s project.

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