Aristotle was the one call done by Philip of mastodon to educate his son, Prince Alexander, who would then go on to conquer the entire world. It was the philosophers who did this stuff. They were the ones who could start from universal principles and work them down into the details of practical affairs. They were the only ones who could figure out how things should be organized. When we look at the ancient world, ancient Greece, it was the philosophers who were called in to organize and arrange the cities. We’re talking about the education of freemen. And don’t end Don’t be silly and think that this liberal has anything to do with modern party politics and all that nonsense. And yet their education was a liberal education. They were the people that were in charge. They were in charge of international trade, shipping.
It was the education that was given to princes whose work was to govern nations and cities and different different parts of kingdoms or territories. Let’s go back into history and ask Were there any successful people in the ancient world? What were the people in the ancient world who studied the classical liberal arts, a bunch of backwards cave men? who sat around reading books, staring up at the sky and spinning around in circles? Or were they practical men? Were they men who actually did things in the world? Were they innovators? Were they prudent? If you go back before the 1850s, the only education that ever existed was classical liberal arts education. As it ever Wasn’t the history of the world plus, let’s go back into history and look at the people who had this classical Catholic education. Don’t give me the practical talk that this is just pie in the sky craziness. And have provided for a family for over 20 years. I worked in some of the best schools anywhere, started my own business in 2008. So get all of these silly arguments out of the way that the people proposing these ideas don’t understand the real world, just a bunch of nonsense. And why parents should be more zealous to provide their children, their Catholic children with a classical Catholic education in the 21st century. Why actually, they’re the opposite of the truth. And I’m going to talk and explain why they’re unfounded. So all of these, all of these practical objections that people raise are unfounded. And I’ve helped my children transition into successful adult careers, without any trouble at all, even though their background has been entirely based on study in the classical Liberal Arts Academy. As provided for a family as the sole income earner for 22 years, I’ve started my own businesses. I’m a, I’m a married, self employed Catholic father. I’m not some college professor who’s been divorced three times, who lives alone in an apartment, complaining about the change the world needs. You need to realize that I’m no such person. And so to pretend that when I talk about classical Catholic education, I’m some sort of unemployed 26 year old graduate student ranting from his campus apartment about how the world needs to change. And I’ve provided for a family as a married man for 22 years 10 children, three are currently in college. I own a home on a farm in North Carolina. Now, before we begin, let’s let’s realize something.
So in this talk, what I’d like to talk about is, how does classical Catholic education, studying the classical liberal arts, Catholic philosophy or classical philosophy and Catholic theology? How does that prepare students in 2021, for modern careers, or even religious vocations in the 21st century, and I’d be happy to talk about that, and get into this discussion a little bit.
And a parent who enjoyed that video, wrote to me and asked me if I would do a talk on how classical Catholic education relates to modern career preparation or vocational preparation. Today is Tuesday, July 13 and yesterday, I published a silly little illustration, short video on YouTube where I explained or illustrated how classical Catholic education relates to modern college admission. This talk was automatically transcribed and will be edited in the future.