The keynote address from the Fall Classical Summit, 2024. In this talk, Dr. Ryan Olson examines the value of classical education and the role the study of great books and great ideas contributes to the formation of great character. to resist the sweep of impoverished influences by nurturing your personal and professional soul in the moral sources of the rich Classical tradition we have inherited.

Dr. Ryan Olson is the Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia. A classicist, Olson’s scholarship has focused on the literary, historical, religious, and cultural context of the Levant from the Roman era through Late Antiquity.

This lecture was delivered live at the Fall Classical Summit, a regional classical conference held at Thales Academy Rolesville Junior High-High School on October 4, 2024. Interested in teaching at Thales Academy?

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