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Classical EducationSummer Reading Program from Exodus BooksOscar Wilde once said, "It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it."Daniel Foucachon Classical EducationNew Saint Andrews Commencement | Class of 2014The New Saint Andrews College Commencement is now available to watch! Click the image below to access the videos:Roman Roads Press Classical EducationExodus Books reviews Old Western CultureA Christian Approach to the Great Books by Caleb Crossman, for Exodus BooksRoman Roads Press Ask Mr. C"Weren't the Greeks Pagans?"Julian the ApostateIn the first clip below, Wes Callihan explains why Christians should study Greek pagan literature. In the second clip he gives an example of how the early Christians used the…Roman Roads Press Classical EducationIvry | A Song of the HuguenotsIvry | A song of the Huguenots, by Thomas Babington Macaulay. Read by Wes Struble, of Logos School.Roman Roads Press Classical EducationProclaiming Claudius EmperorClaudius, the 4th emperor of Rome, had to be dragged out from behind curtains where he was hiding in order to be proclaimed emperor by the Praetorian Guard. A bookish man, preferring…Roman Roads Press Classical EducationA Tour of Wes Callihan’s Personal LibraryWes Callihan gives a tour of his personal library, located at his home in Potlatch, Idaho. This tour also doubles as a mini-lecture on a philosophy of the "Great Books." Wes explains why…Roman Roads Press Classical EducationA Conversation with Leigh Bortins and Wes Callihan | Towards the QuadriviumLeigh Bortins and Wes Callihan sit down for a conversation about classical education, homeschooling, and the Quadrivium. Wes spoke at Towards the Quadrivium, a conference hosted by Classical Conversations. Leigh is the…Roman Roads Press Classical EducationOld Western Culture at a GlanceWhat if you could bring a master-teacher into your home? Wes Callihan has inspired a generation of young students through his live online classes (Schola Classical Tutorials). Roman Roads Media now brings those…Roman Roads Press Ask Mr. CThe Republic: A Real City?Wes Callihan explains that Plato's Republic is not about a real city, or a blueprint for a real city, but rather a picture of the human soul, and how the soul should…Roman Roads Press Classical Education"I'm giving my kids the education I never received""I'm giving my kids the education I never received." Is that a familiar statement? Most parents who give their children a classical education did not receive a classical education themselves. But it's…Roman Roads Press Classical EducationStories are a Bootcamp for Life | Wes Callihan (Old Western Culture)In this excerpt from The Philosophers, unit 4 of The Greeks (Old Western Culture series on the Great Books of Western Civilization), Wes Callihan talks about how imaginative literature is like bootcamp…Roman Roads Press