Episode 12 The Necessity of Being Familiar with the Great Books of Western Thought
When we usually think about classical education we think about books like The Iliad, The Odyssey, Plato’s Republic, Paradise Lost, Tale of Two Cities, etc. These are books that are…
Read MoreEpisode 11 Rhetoric Part II – Expression and Reception of Ideas
Consider this: The central importance to expressing and receiving ideas well is based on the quality of a person’s rhetorical skill. How you speak affects how others perceive you, and…
Read MoreEpisode 10: Rhetoric Part I – Introductions and Foundations
We have arrived at last to the Final Stage of a student’s education, The Rhetoric Stage. This will be the culmination of the other two stages put into practice and…
Read MoreEpisode 9: Logic Part II – How We Teach Logic (Special Guest – Mr. Tomlinson)
Mr. Bianchet and Mr. Mullins deviate from Educational Philosophy for a moment and discuss Logic as a discipline with a special guest….Mr. JR Tomlinson! Mr. Tomlinson is a first-year teacher…
Read MoreEpisode 8 Logic I: Introduction to the Foundations and Aims
Following the house analogy that Mr. Bianchet and Mr. Mullins presented for the Grammar School, in being the collection of material, the Logic School is focused on equipping the skills…
Read MoreEpisode 7: Grammar Part II – Continuing Grammar Foundations and Aims
We continue our journey today into Grammar School foundations and aims. Mr. Bianchet and Mr. Mullins begin by discussing pre-rational/ pre-classical stages of learning. This is achieved through exposure to…
Read MoreEpisode 6: Grammar Part I – Understanding Grammar Foundations and Aims
Welcome back for this two-part series on Grammar. In Part I, Mr. Wes Mullins and Mr. Ryan Bianchet continue developing their argument for what is Classical education and exposit how…
Read MoreEpisode 5 – “Why Be an Orator?” Part II
Mr. Bianchet and Mr. Mullins continue explaining the “why” of becoming an orator, and what are the many benefits. One can see very quickly that the benefit cost ratio of…
Read MoreEpisode 4 – Why Be an Orator? Part I
In this episode of The Lost Tools, Mr. Wes Mullins and Mr. Ryan Bianchet explore the practical benefits of pursuing oratorical training for your child. ‘Why would I want my child to…
Read MoreEpisode 3: What Is An Orator? Part II – How to Speak Well.
This is the final episode in the “What is an Orator” series. Today, Mr. Bianchet and Mr. Mullins are exploring what it means to speak well through the understanding of copiousness, using words fitly…
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