Classical Humanism and the Challenge of Modernity

Table of Contents

Philologus Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Preface Abbreviations Introduction

Classical education and modern society The concept of ‘neohumanism’ ‘Neohumanism’ versus classical humanism The paradigm of modernity Structure and method

Part I: The Persistence of Classical Humanism

19 th-century classical humanism: the case of Karl Gottfried Siebelis (1769 – 1843)

Introduction Nine constitutive aspects of classical humanism

1. Refining human nature 2. Exemplary subject matter 3. The classics 4. Intellectual education 5. Aesthetic education 6. Moral education 7. Thoroughness 8. Anti-utilitarianism 9. Enthusiasm

The variety of classical humanism Teaching practice

Explaining the classics Imitating the classics

The persistence ...