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Classical Learning Books
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I Hate Mathematics! Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as classical-learning)
avg rating 4.09 — 162 ratings — published 1975
Wheelock's Latin (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as classical-learning)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,808 ratings — published 1956
The Great Tradition: Classic Readings on What it Means to Be an Educated Human Being (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as classical-learning)
avg rating 4.38 — 165 ratings — published 2007
Classical Composition III: Chreia & Maxim Stage Teacher Guide (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as classical-learning)
avg rating 4.50 — 2 ratings — published 2012
Arithmetic for Parents: A Book for Grownups about Children's Mathematics (Perfect Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as classical-learning)
avg rating 4.32 — 72 ratings — published 2007
Classical Composition I: Fable Stage Teacher Guide (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as classical-learning)
avg rating 5.00 — 3 ratings — published 2012
Ray's Primary Arithmetic - PB (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as classical-learning)
avg rating 4.26 — 19 ratings — published 2015
The Great Books Reader: Excerpts and Essays on the Most Influential Books in Western Civilization (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as classical-learning)
avg rating 3.67 — 42 ratings — published 2011
Uncovering the Logic of English: A Common-Sense Solution to America's Literacy Crisis (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as classical-learning)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,600 ratings — published 2011
Sequential Spelling 1 (Sequential Spelling)
by (shelved 1 time as classical-learning)
avg rating 3.88 — 25 ratings — published 1975
Climbing Parnassus: A New Apologia for Greek and Latin (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as classical-learning)
avg rating 4.22 — 466 ratings — published 2002
Harvey's Elementary Grammar and Composition (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as classical-learning)
avg rating 3.60 — 10 ratings — published 1986
McGuffey's Second Eclectic Reader (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as classical-learning)
avg rating 3.97 — 223 ratings — published 1836
Socratic Logic: A Logic Text Using Socratic Method, Platonic Questions, and Aristotelian Principles (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as classical-learning)
avg rating 4.31 — 470 ratings — published 2003
McGuffey's First Eclectic Reader (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as classical-learning)
avg rating 3.95 — 295 ratings — published 1836
Henle Latin First Year (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as classical-learning)
avg rating 3.77 — 138 ratings — published
Winnie-the-Pooh (Winnie-the-Pooh, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as classical-learning)
avg rating 4.37 — 355,540 ratings — published 1926
Henle Latin Grammar (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as classical-learning)
avg rating 4.00 — 130 ratings — published 1945
Lingua Latina per se Illustrata: Pars I: Familia Romana (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as classical-learning)
avg rating 4.60 — 1,089 ratings — published 1996
First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as classical-learning)
avg rating 4.13 — 800 ratings — published 2002
Euclid's Elements (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as classical-learning)
avg rating 4.32 — 3,388 ratings — published -290
New England Primer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as classical-learning)
avg rating 4.13 — 166 ratings — published 1991
The Fallacy Detective: Thirty-Six Lessons on How to Recognize Bad Reasoning, 2nd Edition (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as classical-learning)
avg rating 4.25 — 1,534 ratings — published 2002
“Ptolemy's massive compendium of mathematical and astronomical calculations had been rediscovered in 1410, after centuries of neglect. The revival of classical learning pushed aside medieval notions of the world based on a literal--yet magical--interpretation of the Bible, but even though Ptolemy's rigorous approach to mathematics was more sophisticated than monkish fantasies of the cosmos, his depiction of the globe contained significant gaps and errors. Following Ptolemy's example, European cosmologists disregarded the Pacific Ocean, which covers a third of the world's surface, from their maps, and they presented incomplete renditions of the American continent based on reports and rumors rather than direct observations. Ptolemy's omissions inadvertently encouraged exploration because he made the world seem smaller and more navigable than it really was. If he had correctly estimated the size of the world, the Age of Discovery might have never ocurred.”
― Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe
― Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe
