A Study for All Seasons: Lionel Yaceczko on the Western Tradition

HeightsCast: Forming Men Fully Alive · Jul 5, 2022 · 47m

In his first letter to the Corinthians, Paul tells us that he has "become all things to all people," so that he might better share the blessings of the Good News with more people. To become such a man who can be for all seasons, however, one must have been educated for all seasons. A preparation of this sort is precisely what the Liberal Arts, rooted in the Western Tradition, afford those who wish to pursue them. In Cicero's own words, these arts are apt for both all seasons and all settings:

Though, even if there were no such great advantage to be reaped from [the study of literature], and…