Ancient Classic EPISODES
The ancient classics represent those time honored books that no matter how long ago they were written we can certainly learn from them and flourish in our lives.
March 10, 2022
MM#98--The Confessions of St. Augustine
Our second installment--in this first full week of Lent for Christians--we check out, perhaps, the greatest autobiography in the world, the Confessions of Saint Augustine.
Key Points from the Episode:
Check out prior MM's 52 and 57 for Dante's Divine Comedy.
Why is St. Augustines's Confessions so compelling?
Why do we commit evil for evil's sake?
In a society obsessed with sex, how to live a virtuous life?
Other resources:
Audible version of Confessions narrated by Simon Vance
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Key Points from the Episode:
Check out prior MM's 52 and 57 for Dante's Divine Comedy.
Why is St. Augustines's Confessions so compelling?
Why do we commit evil for evil's sake?
In a society obsessed with sex, how to live a virtuous life?
Other resources:
Audible version of Confessions narrated by Simon Vance
Want to leav...
Feb. 3, 2022
MM#88--Just Say No to Aristotle's Librarians
This is a fun episode, where go to back to one of the great books of all time by perhaps one of the greatest philosophers of all time, Aristotle and his Nicomachean Ethics.
Key Points from the Episode:
Habits are very powerful in good ways and unfortunately in bad ways too.
Aristotle's famous quote on habits
Librarians collect information, data and organize it. Let us act on NOT being librarians but on doers--putting into practice this information.
Other resources:
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Key Points from the Episode:
Habits are very powerful in good ways and unfortunately in bad ways too.
Aristotle's famous quote on habits
Librarians collect information, data and organize it. Let us act on NOT being librarians but on doers--putting into practice this information.
Other resources:
Want to leave a review? Cl...
Oct. 28, 2021
MM#57--Dante's Inferno, part 2--Where Hope Dies
In this second episode on Dante's Inferno, we continue to look back at Dante's Divine Comedy, 700 years later and how it continues to teach and instruct us as one of the greatest classics ever written and most certainly the greatest Christian poem every penned. David dives deep into Anthony Esolen's translation of the Inferno, The Divine Comedy, book one, Inferno by Dante Alighieri to explore human nature confronting the gates of hell.
Key Points from the Episode:
We encounter the gates of Hell...
Key Points from the Episode:
We encounter the gates of Hell...
Oct. 12, 2021
MM#52--700 years later...Dante's Inferno, part one
In this episode, we look back at Dante's Divine Comedy, 700 years later and how it continues to teach and instruct us. David reads from Anthony Esolen's translation in the Inferno, The Divine Comedy, book one, Inferno by Dante Alighieri
Key Points from the Episode:
The MOJO Academy's first dive into the classics
Why the Divine Comedy is a masterpiece
What can we learn from Dante's Inferno so as to avoid Hell for ourselves
Other resources:
Anthony Esolen's study & commentary on Inferno in aud...
Key Points from the Episode:
The MOJO Academy's first dive into the classics
Why the Divine Comedy is a masterpiece
What can we learn from Dante's Inferno so as to avoid Hell for ourselves
Other resources:
Anthony Esolen's study & commentary on Inferno in aud...