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The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as classical-education)
avg rating 4.33 — 7,635 ratings — published 1999
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The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as classical-education)
avg rating 4.00 — 3,890 ratings — published 2003
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Norms and Nobility: A Treatise on Education Norms and Nobility: A Treatise on Education (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as classical-education)
avg rating 4.55 — 613 ratings — published 1981
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The Liberal Arts Tradition: A Philosophy of Christian Classical Education The Liberal Arts Tradition: A Philosophy of Christian Classical Education (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 30 times as classical-education)
avg rating 4.37 — 525 ratings — published 2013
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The Abolition of Man The Abolition of Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as classical-education)
avg rating 4.12 — 44,235 ratings — published 1943
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The Core The Core (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as classical-education)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,292 ratings — published 2010
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Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as classical-education)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,412 ratings — published 1991
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How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as classical-education)
avg rating 3.98 — 29,281 ratings — published 1940
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Climbing Parnassus: A New Apologia for Greek and Latin Climbing Parnassus: A New Apologia for Greek and Latin (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as classical-education)
avg rating 4.23 — 491 ratings — published 2002
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The Lost Tools of Learning The Lost Tools of Learning (ebook)
by (shelved 24 times as classical-education)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,252 ratings — published 1947
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The Case for Classical Christian Education The Case for Classical Christian Education (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as classical-education)
avg rating 4.10 — 949 ratings — published 2002
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The Republic The Republic (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as classical-education)
avg rating 3.97 — 234,929 ratings — published -400
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Beauty for Truth's Sake: On the Re-enchantment of Education Beauty for Truth's Sake: On the Re-enchantment of Education (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as classical-education)
avg rating 4.19 — 472 ratings — published 2009
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The Odyssey The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as classical-education)
avg rating 3.86 — 1,300,755 ratings — published -800
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Consider This: Charlotte Mason and the Classical Tradition Consider This: Charlotte Mason and the Classical Tradition (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 19 times as classical-education)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,425 ratings — published 2014
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The Iliad The Iliad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as classical-education)
avg rating 3.94 — 542,653 ratings — published -750
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The Seven Laws of Teaching The Seven Laws of Teaching (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as classical-education)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,226 ratings — published 1886
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An Introduction to Classical Education (Latin Edition) An Introduction to Classical Education (Latin Edition)
by (shelved 16 times as classical-education)
avg rating 4.29 — 330 ratings — published 2004
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The Trivium: The Liberal Arts of Logic, Grammar, and Rhetoric The Trivium: The Liberal Arts of Logic, Grammar, and Rhetoric (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as classical-education)
avg rating 4.13 — 867 ratings — published 1937
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Wisdom and Eloquence: A Christian Paradigm for Classical Learning Wisdom and Eloquence: A Christian Paradigm for Classical Learning (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as classical-education)
avg rating 3.93 — 383 ratings — published 2006
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The Histories The Histories (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as classical-education)
avg rating 4.01 — 57,578 ratings — published -430
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Classical Education: The Movement Sweeping America (Studies in Philanthropy, 30) Classical Education: The Movement Sweeping America (Studies in Philanthropy, 30)
by (shelved 15 times as classical-education)
avg rating 3.96 — 140 ratings — published 2001
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Beauty in the Word Beauty in the Word (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as classical-education)
avg rating 4.23 — 450 ratings — published 2012
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Confessions Confessions (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as classical-education)
avg rating 4.02 — 80,481 ratings — published 400
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Don Quixote Don Quixote (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as classical-education)
avg rating 3.92 — 317,245 ratings — published 1605
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For the Children's Sake For the Children's Sake (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as classical-education)
avg rating 4.45 — 8,262 ratings — published 1984
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The Aeneid The Aeneid (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 14 times as classical-education)
avg rating 3.88 — 150,030 ratings — published -19
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Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as classical-education)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,730 ratings — published 2010
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Pride and Prejudice Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as classical-education)
avg rating 4.30 — 5,047,584 ratings — published 1813
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Tending the Heart of Virtue: How Classic Stories Awaken a Child's Moral Imagination Tending the Heart of Virtue: How Classic Stories Awaken a Child's Moral Imagination (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as classical-education)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,217 ratings — published 1998
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The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as classical-education)
avg rating 4.09 — 181,148 ratings — published 1304
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The Nicomachean Ethics The Nicomachean Ethics (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as classical-education)
avg rating 4.01 — 64,107 ratings — published -350
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Crime and Punishment Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as classical-education)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,174,363 ratings — published 1866
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Repairing The Ruins: The Classical and Christian Challenge to Modern Education Repairing The Ruins: The Classical and Christian Challenge to Modern Education (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as classical-education)
avg rating 4.15 — 293 ratings — published 1996
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The Great Tradition: Classic Readings on What it Means to Be an Educated Human Being The Great Tradition: Classic Readings on What it Means to Be an Educated Human Being (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as classical-education)
avg rating 4.39 — 168 ratings — published 2007
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Moby-Dick or, The Whale Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as classical-education)
avg rating 3.58 — 639,143 ratings — published 1851
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Gulliver’s Travels Gulliver’s Travels (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as classical-education)
avg rating 3.59 — 306,415 ratings — published 1726
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Anna Karenina Anna Karenina (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as classical-education)
avg rating 4.11 — 975,322 ratings — published 1878
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Meditations Meditations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as classical-education)
avg rating 4.27 — 388,057 ratings — published 180
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Paradise Lost Paradise Lost (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as classical-education)
avg rating 3.86 — 189,630 ratings — published 1667
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Poetic Knowledge: The Recovery of Education Poetic Knowledge: The Recovery of Education (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as classical-education)
avg rating 4.43 — 170 ratings — published 1997
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The Consolation of Philosophy The Consolation of Philosophy (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as classical-education)
avg rating 4.06 — 19,209 ratings — published 524
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Something They Will Not Forget Something They Will Not Forget (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as classical-education)
avg rating 4.34 — 501 ratings — published
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Leisure: The Basis of Culture Leisure: The Basis of Culture (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as classical-education)
avg rating 4.25 — 4,238 ratings — published 1948
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The Latin-Centered Curriculum: A Home Schooler's Guide to the Classical Curriculum The Latin-Centered Curriculum: A Home Schooler's Guide to the Classical Curriculum (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as classical-education)
avg rating 4.02 — 197 ratings — published 2006
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History of the Peloponnesian War History of the Peloponnesian War (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as classical-education)
avg rating 3.95 — 41,785 ratings — published -411
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Heart of Darkness Heart of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as classical-education)
avg rating 3.43 — 579,187 ratings — published 1899
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The Pilgrim's Progress The Pilgrim's Progress (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as classical-education)
avg rating 4.08 — 166,254 ratings — published 1678
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The Devil Knows Latin: Why America Needs the Classical Tradition The Devil Knows Latin: Why America Needs the Classical Tradition (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as classical-education)
avg rating 3.49 — 162 ratings — published 1999
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Poetics Poetics (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as classical-education)
avg rating 3.83 — 31,287 ratings — published -335
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J.M. Barrie
“No, no," Mr. Darling always said, "I am responsible for it all. I, George Darling, did it. MEA CULPA, MEA CULPA."

He had had a classical education.”
― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

C.S. Forester
“We have no use for ablative absolutes in the Navy.”
― Forester C. S., Mr. Midshipman Hornblower

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