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June 1, 2021 49 mins

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This is the inaugural episode of New Humanists, the podcast of the Ancient Language Institute, found at ancientlanguage.com. ALI founders Jonathan Roberts and Ryan Hammill dive into what ALI is all about, how and why to learn Latin, what’s wrong with classical education, and ask the question, “Who are the new humanists?”

Jonathan’s essay on classical education: https://ancientlanguage.com/classical-schools-not-classical/

Plato’s Symposium (Greek with facing-page English translation): https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9780674991842

C.S. Lewis’s Surprised by Joy: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9780062565433

ALI’s Latin program: https://ancientlanguage.com/learn-latin/

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