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Classical Considerations

Biography and Memoir

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Classical Considerations

Musings prompted by the late Harvard Master John H. Finley, Jr.Steven McFadden

Classical Considerations

Length59m

About this audiobook

Life’s foundational questions come elegantly to the fore in this skillfully crafted nonfiction story about the late John H. Finley, Jr. For 51 years Finley was the celebrated and erudite Eliot Professor of the Classics at Harvard. Luminous and compellingly relevant, his story leads directly into engagement with the fundamental wisdom questions of any worthwhile life. Classical Considerations offers a compact but lyrical array of intellectual sparks that will kindle an exuberant fire in every listener’s soul.

Mythology

Epicquest

Journey

Exploration

Folklore

Identity

Psychological

Hero

Gods and Mortals

Audiobook details

GenreBiography and Memoir, Philosophy

Length59 mins

Narrated bySelect Your Own

FormateBook with Audio

Publish dateMar 8, 2025

LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Acknowledgements

9VII. Freshness of Impression

2Prologue

10VIII. What Is the Purpose of Knowledge?

3I. Summa Cum Laude Musings

11IX. What the Epics Are Really About

4II. It’s All There in the Classics

12Epilogue

5III. The Choices People Have to Make

13Bibliography

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6IV. You Are Who You Are

14About the Author

7V. Mentor

15Other SoulSparks Books

8VI. A Paean to Nature

16Reviews of the Author’s Books

About the author

Steven McFadden

Steven McFadden

Independent journalist Steven McFadden is the author of 20 nonfiction books, including Profiles in Wisdom, Farms of Tomorrow, Legend of the Rainbow Warriors, and The Call of the Land. He's also the author of the Soul*Sparks series of gift books.View all by Steven McFadden

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