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Plato on Life After Death
Modern scholars love to present the classical Greek and Roman authors as godless men who promoted all of the immorality in fashion in today’s anti-Christian society. They are, however, liars. The wise men of the past were good, and knew many truths without the assistance of divine revelation. God, according to Catholic tradition, judges them not based on Christian truth, but on the truth that was available to them when and where they lived. Consider this passage from the Republic of Plato, on life after death. Does this sound like the stuff of ungodly men? “Socrates, when a man thinks … Continue
Why Choose the CLAA?
I. Tests for Catholic Study Programs Test 1. Does your study program have historical proof of success? Some schools and study programs try to sell their services by boasting of accreditations, college admissions and standardized test scores. You should know that every public school can claim the same successes. These are no test for a Christian education. Some schools stick pictures of Greeks and Romans on their books and call themselves “classical” schools. However, no one in history would have any idea what these programs were doing, for there is nothing truly classical about them at all. It’s a marketing sham. … Continue