The Ancient Texts That Teach You to Be Human
Reading the classics is a kind of learning that helps you become someone.
The Atlantic • Elias Wachtel
In an age when artificial intelligence can master ever more “useful” skills, the ancient question returns with new force: What is education for? This reflection makes a timely case for the classics as more than knowledge to possess—as an encounter with enduring wisdom that helps shape the kind of human being a child may become.
