Fruit for the Human Soul
We desire communion. We desire community. We find undesirable the task of defining what we mean by communion or community.
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The curious case of Cyrus of Persia is examined. Dr. Fugikawa says a number of Greek words that all sound similar. The full text to read along is at BetterPears.com.
The influence of Big Lexi is noted again in this analysis of the Greek word for human being. This episode is dedicated to Dr. Fugikawa’s Boy Scout Scoutmaster, whose lessons and wise counsel are discussed and honored. The CSA (Community Sponsored Analysis) is still open for this season of the podcast at BetterPears.com/CSA.
The first entry in a larger project on “deep etymology,” The Three “Pars” analyzes the three Latin verbs sharing the same root to arrive at the essence of parenting.
The episode begins with a dedication to the late Fr. Joseph Koterski, S.J.
This episode also introduces the BetterPears CSA.
Classical education bears the tension of an oxymoron. Education, a literal “leading out” recalls the “Allegory of the Cave” in Plato’s Republic in which Socrates describes the way by which the philosopher leads others out from the cave of images.
While faculties of higher education in the United States have for the last half-century eschewed an understanding of their role in loco parentis, higher education, like all education, remains fundamentally a service of parents to their children.
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