Twelfth Grade Humane Letters is devoted to the reading, discussing, and writing on thirteen great books from the late Classical to Modern era of Western tradition. Students will enter into dialogue with the greatest thinkers of Western Civilization as they contemplate questions such as:
- What is the nature and origin of human goodness and evil?
- To what extent is knowing the Good the same as participating in it?
- What is the connection between the Good and God?
- Can the extraordinary happiness and peace of all rightly be acquired by the torturing of “one tiny creature”?
- To whom, or to what, are men responsible?
- What are eternity and time and what real relationship do they have with Truth and Goodness?
- What is the relationship between body and mind, and can their existence be demonstrated?
- What is history?
- What is the divine?
Humane Letters 12 Syllabus |