Quid schola est? Pars II

FETTI, Domenico. Portrait of a Scholar.
1620. Oil on canvas. Gemäldegalerie, Dresden.

Consider Fetti's depiction of the learned man. Here we see the scholar, stroking the beard in thought, symbolically with his hand on the world, which further suggests that he attempts to know the world God has made, the universe whose mysteries are even now ever increasing in spite of our science. You will remember that yesterday we talked about education and how it is supposed "to lead" you "out of" the cave of ignorance and beyond that cold love of self. You will also remember that in the ancient world, to possess an education was the sign of a free man, while to only be trained for a job was the sign of a slave. Christ once said, "Veritas vos liberabit," and he did not merely mean the freedom of guilt and sin. Jesus was stating a universal principle: truth sets you free. Therefore, it is meet and right to begin the year in consecration to the Lord.
This week we are talking about expectations for this course. Soon we shall begin Confessions by St. Augustine. 

Agenda:

1. Pray
2. Discuss Summer Reading
1. What is reading and why is it. 
3. Finish review and discuss Syllabus.
4. Review from last year:
1. Reading Journal: The Medieval World
1. What did you read/study in class last year?
2. What do know / have you studied in class about the "Classical" world?
3. What do know / have you studied in class about the Medieval world? 
4. What did you enjoy in class from last year?   
5. Reading Exercise: begin Confessions by St. Augustine. 
6. HW Review:
1. Sign Syllabus and turn in by Friday. 
2. Humanities 9 Binder (if you haven't already read it). 
3. Finish Summer Reading (if you haven't already) and be ready to present on it for Monday (8/12).