Finding Arcadia
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Finding Arcadia

Wisdom, Truth, and Love in the Classics

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Finding Arcadia

Wisdom, Truth, and Love in the Classics

About this book

The classics used to be the seminal texts of Western civilization and education. From Homer down through the Greek poets and philosophers, including the Roman poets and early Christian writers, the classics were indispensable in shaping the hearts, minds, and souls of Westerners toward the Good, True, and Beautiful. Today, however, the classics are under attack as nothing but a relic of racism, misogyny, and sexism that have no place in the modern world. Far from irrelevant, the classics are deeply pertinent to the struggles of modern society and the human soul. In this collection of essays, Paul Krause offers a guided tour through the classics and highlights the wisdom, truth, and beauty that these great works embody. Recovering the hermeneutic of love, rather than promoting the politicization of literature, is needed in restoring the great works of Western literature to their important place in Western culture. From Homer and Aeschylus to Herodotus and Plato, from Virgil and Catullus to Ovid and Saint Augustine, Finding Arcadia reveals the wisdom that our ancestors gained from the books rightfully called the classics.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Introduction: Don’t Cancel the Classics
  8. Chapter 1. On Homer
  9. Chapter 2. Why The Oresteia Still Matters
  10. Chapter 3. Antigone Agonistes
  11. Chapter 4. Euripides: Oracle of Modernity
  12. Chapter 5. Euripides: Prophet of Pity
  13. Chapter 6. Aristophanes: The First Poet Critic
  14. Chapter 7. Herodotus and the Quest for Justice
  15. Chapter 8. The Moral Philosophy of Plutarch
  16. Chapter 9. Plato’s Symposium: The Drama and Trial of Love
  17. Chapter 10. Virgil’s War and Peace
  18. Chapter 11. Finding Arcadia: The Garden in the Cosmos in Latin Literature
  19. Chapter 12. Fallen From Eden: Reading the Poetry of Catullus
  20. Chapter 13. Is Ovid Still Worth Reading?
  21. Chapter 14. The Odyssey of Saint Augustine
  22. Chapter 15. Augustine’s City of God: The First Culture War
  23. Afterword
  24. Bibliography
  25. Index