Hamza Yusuf and Eva Brann | The Value of the Liberal Arts

Описание: Content Outline:
0:0:07 Bismillah/Dr. Brann’s Introduction (Hamza Yusuf)
0:04:24 Part 1: Liberal Education - A Prelude to the Undergrads of Zaytuna (Dr. Brann)
0:06:23 Liberal Education at St. John’s College
0:09:38 Meeting al-Ghazali
0:10:54 Part 2: Liberal Education Description by Points
0:11:02 Point (I)
0:12:26 Point (II)
0:13:53 Point (III)
0:14:33 Point (IV)
0:16:28 Point (V)
0:18:07 Point (VI)
0:19:17 Point (VII)
0:21:28 Part 3: Alternatives to Liberal Education
0:24:27 Four Variants Clarifying Liberal Education
0:27:40 Liberal Education is Not Indoctrination
0:29:31 Faith Based Liberal Education
0:31:12 Liberal Education Vs The Liberal Arts
0:33:07 Part 4: Liberal Arts and the Liberal Way of Learning
0:33:34 The Trivium - Grammar, Rhetoric and Logic
0:38:01 Plato/Socrates
0:40:03 The Quadrivium - Arithmetic, Plane Geometry, Solid Geometry and Music
0:41:45 The 8th Skill
0:45:53 Part 5: How Liberal Education Has Great Books as Its Essence
0:46:56 The Nature of the Books
0:49:14 The Seminar
0:53:01 The Rules of Seminar
0:56:02 Final Summary of Liberal Education

Discussion Points

0:59:05 Discussion Point 1: Boredom and Excitement (Sh Hamza Yusuf/Dr. Eva Brann)
01:03:47 Discussion Point 2: Liberal Arts and Learning to Read
01:14:47 Discussion Point 3: Methods of Analysis
0:21:16 Discussion Point 4: Temporal Politics, the Snobbery of Now

Comments, Questions and Answers

01:28:29 Question 1: You spoke on how a liberal education’s job is not to prepare youth to be productive in society. The Jeffersonian ideal is to prepare youth for meaningful participation within a pluralistic Democracy, however in my mind this speaks to grammar education. Can you speak to that point?
01:41:15 Question 2/3: You said the best way to achieve a liberal education is through a conversation. Can you differentiate what a series of questions would be in light of what a true conversation would be? (Q3) You also mentioned tutors are the guardians of knowledge, can you elucidate that position?
01:51:20 Question 4: Do you have any advice on how to navigate receiving education without taking on a philosophical or political position or indoctrination?

02:10:27 Closing Passage and Thoughts on Tradition

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