About this episode

A panel discussion on David Hick's 'Norms and Nobility' exploring classical education's relationship with democracy and modern challenges.

Join John Peterson, lecturer in education and politics at Hillsdale College, Jonathan Gregg, assistant professor of education at Hillsdale College, Kevin Gary associate professor of education at Hillsdale College, and Ryan Hammill, executive director of the Ancient Language Institute , for a panel on David Hick's Norms and Nobility: A Treatise on Education .  The four discuss the degree with which classical education is consistent with democracy, the focus on forming students instead of empowering them, and the challenges that modernity poses to classical logic and rhetoric. This panel was held at the  Classical Education Forum  in February 2026 Learn more: https://k12.hillsdale.edu/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Topics covered

• classical education
• democracy
• student formation
• modernity
• logic
• rhetoric

Keywords

• Hillsdale College
• Classical Education Forum
• David Hicks

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