To 15th and 16th Century scholars, the period following antiquity - the so-called "dark ages"- had almost succeeded in obliterating classical learning forever.

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She said schools with humanities as a specialism had the option to focus on the teaching and learning of classical studies - Latin, Classical Greek and classical civilisation - alongside a core option of history, geography or English.

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Anderson is a must read for anyone who wants to understand the economics and finance of that period, and anyone who, like me, is interested in learning the principles of classical finance, free from the distortions of Keynesianism and Modern Portfolio Theory.

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The piece, it turns out, was composed by Dena El Saffar, a Chicago-born Iraqi-American who has spent years learning to play the august classical music of her ancestors, the style known as maqam.

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Though she began her violin career learning Bach and Beethoven, Narayanan now studies classical Indian music under a guru.

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In this rare, silk allegorical embroidery, Wisdom watches over four students viewing a large unframed map and points to a classical temple, signifying the importance of maps in higher learning.

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