Dorothy Sayers’ paper “The Lost Tools of Learning.Resources/Articles/People Mentioned In The Podcast Wrap up, Miss Sayers’ an OGB patron saint.Karl and Scott’s “big 5 dates” in history.Different stages of development in a child.The history of universities, the diploma from Augustine. “I don’t think we can get there from here” view of history.Steel manning vs straw manning arguments.Discussion of why too much specialization is not a good thing.Introduction to the paper “the gateway drug for anybody who wants to redo your education”.“The sole true end of education,” says Sayers, “is to teach men how to learn for themselves and whatever instruction fails to do this is effort spent in vain.” Tune In To Hear Their Discussion Show Highlights In school, you learn math and biology, but do you learn how to learn? For Sayers, the materials you use in order to teach how to learn doesn’t matter, only the process. What did Sayers notice was lost back in 1947? Why does it matter that we have lost the tools of learning? In this episode, the guys talk about the all-encompassing ideas behind the Trivium, the downfalls of specialization, and the purpose of school. Scott and Karl discuss Dorthy Sayers’ paper, “The Lost Tools of Learning.” This groundbreaking work is a great deal important to our mission here at Online Great Books, and for anyone else who wants a redo on their education.
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