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In this lecture, William Michael of the Classical Liberal Arts Academy leads students through Chapter 3 of Book I of Aristotle’s Rhetoric, one of the foundational texts of classical education. In this chapter, Aristotle distinguishes between common and proper arguments, defines the three genera of rhetoric—deliberative, judicial, and demonstrative—and explains their corresponding ends: the advantageous, the just, and the honorable....

In this lesson, Headmaster William Michael of the Classical Liberal Arts Academy guides students through Genesis Chapter 3, which records the fall of Adam and Eve and the beginning of salvation history. Students study the serpent’s temptation, humanity’s disobedience, the immediate effects of sin, and God’s just yet merciful response. The lesson highlights the Protoevangelium (Genesis 3:15)—the first promise of a Redeemer—and expla...

In this lecture, Headmaster William Michael of the Classical Liberal Arts Academy guides students through Chapter 3 of Porphyry’s Introduction—a cornerstone of classical logic and medieval philosophy. This chapter examines the concept of Difference, one of the five predicables, explaining how we distinguish one kind of being from another. Students explore Porphyry’s distinctions between common, peculiar, and specific differences, b...

In this foundational lesson of Arnold’s English Grammar for Classical Schools, Headmaster William C. Michael of the Classical Liberal Arts Academy introduces students to the very first elements of language: the letters. This study explores the twenty-six letters of the English alphabet, the distinction between vowels and consonants, and the special cases of Y and W. Students learn how letters form syllables, words, and sentences—an...

In this lesson from the Sacred Scripture I course, Headmaster William C. Michael of the Classical Liberal Arts Academy leads students through a detailed study of Genesis Chapter 2. This chapter reveals the completion of creation, God’s sanctification of the seventh day, the formation of man from the earth, the creation of woman, and the establishment of marriage. Students explore the nature of human life as both body and soul, the ...

In this opening lesson of Harvey’s Elementary Grammar and Composition, students explore the foundation of all language and thought — the idea of the object. Guided by Headmaster William Michael of the Classical Liberal Arts Academy, this lecture introduces how we come to know the world through our senses and consciousness, and how words allow us to express our thoughts about the things we know. Students learn to distinguish between...

Welcome to the Classical Liberal Arts Academy. This lecture is part of the Academy’s Latin Vocabulary course and introduces Lesson 01 from Johann Amos Comenius’ Orbis Sensualium Pictus (“The World of Things Obvious to the Senses Drawn in Pictures”), titled The Master and the Boy.

In this first lesson, students study the foundational dialogue between the teacher and the student that sets the tone for all later learning. Written in t...

Welcome to the Classical Liberal Arts Academy. This lecture is part of the Sacred Scripture I course and provides a detailed study of Genesis Chapter 1, verses 1–31—the account of the six days of creation.

In this lesson, students explore the inspired text written by Moses around 1400 BC, which reveals God as the Creator of all things and establishes the foundation for the entire history of salvation. Through careful reading, analy...

Welcome to the Classical Liberal Arts Academy. In this lecture, Academy Headmaster William Michael presents a full study of Chapter 2 of Porphyry’s Introduction (Isagoge), one of the foundational texts of classical logic.

Porphyry (c. 234–305 AD) wrote the Introduction as a commentary on Aristotle’s Categories, explaining how we classify and reason about reality through the five predicables: genus, species, difference, property, an...

Welcome to the Classical Liberal Arts Academy. This lecture introduces students to the opening chapter of Myers’ General History for Colleges and Schools on Prehistoric Times, which serves as the foundation for the Academy’s World History course. In this lesson, William Michael, headmaster of the Classical Liberal Arts Academy, leads students through the origins of human civilization, exploring the long ages before written records ...

Welcome to the Classical Liberal Arts Academy. In this lecture, Academy Headmaster William Michael presents Chapter 1 of Porphyry’s Introduction (Isagoge)—the classic opening to the study of logic that shaped Western philosophy and education for more than a thousand years.

Porphyry (c. 234–305 AD), a Greek philosopher and student of Plotinus, wrote the Introduction as a commentary on Aristotle’s Categories. In this first chapter, h...

This lecture in the Classical Liberal Arts Academy’s Classical Rhetoric course explores Chapter 2 of Book I of Aristotle’s Rhetoric. Presented by William Michael, headmaster of the Academy, this lesson examines Aristotle’s definition of rhetoric as the power of perceiving in every case the means of persuasion. Students will learn how Aristotle distinguishes rhetoric from other arts, defining it as a universal method applicable to a...

Welcome to the Classical Liberal Arts Academy. In this lecture, Academy Headmaster William C. Michael leads a complete study of Aristotle’s Rhetoric, Book I, Chapter 1—the opening chapter of the greatest work ever written on the art of persuasion.

In this lesson, students will learn how Aristotle establishes rhetoric as a true rational art, not a tool of manipulation. Aristotle explains its relationship to dialectic (logic), its ro...