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Classical Logic and Rhetoric
Human beings are unique among the animals in our ability to think and to speak. This course will help students hone those activities that most define our humanity. The study of logic helps us slow down and evaluate our ability to know truth and to understand the world around us. The art of rhetoric allows us to refine our ability to persuade others in both written and oral communication. In short, logic helps us think clearly and rhetoric helps us speak clearly.
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Mere Rhetoric
April 2, 2026
If the word “rhetoric” inspires a bit of suspicion in us—if it conjures an impression of ulterior motives or the empty bluster of salesmen and politicians—we are in good company. About 2,400 years ago, Plato raised a question about the ethics of rhetoric. A major theme of his dialogue Gorgias is the issue of how easily the art of rhetoric devolves into sophistry; how easily language might conceal ...
Beware the Ides of March
March 12, 2026
On the morning of March 15th, 44 BC, a crowd of senators marched triumphantly from the curia, claiming they had restored liberty and rescued the republic from crisis. But where they expected applause, they were met with stony silence. There was just one hitch in their otherwise foolproof plan: the man they had murdered was a popular hero—and one of the greatest political and military geniuses of t...
The Music that Rocked the World
February 12, 2026
After the pathbreaking rock of the 60s and 70s, “rock stars” have become cultural symbols of transgressive freedom, artistic innovation, and edgy glamour that captures the hearts of fans—sometimes to the point of mania. And their 19th-century musical ancestors were not so very different. In our free online course, “The History of Classical Music: Chopin Through Gershwin,” Hyperion Knight shows ...
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