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Episode 37: Reading of Ch 17 - Sensations and Feelings Jul 15, 2019

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Chapter XVII - Sensations and Feelings

Common Sense - Origin of Sensations - Sensations should be treated as of Objective Interest - Object-Lessons in Disfavour - A Baby's Object-Lesson - Nature's Teaching - Education of the Senses - Advantages of Home Teaching - Positive and Comparative Terms - Indiscriminate Use of Epithets - Judgment as to Weight - Judgment as to Size - Discrimination of Sounds - Discrimination of Odours - Discrimination of Flavour - Sensory Gymnastics - Sensory Games

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Episode 36: Reading of Ch 16 - Discipline Jun 23, 2019

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Chapter XVI - Discipline

Discipline is not Punishment - A Method is not a System - A Wise Passiveness - Punishment by Consequences - Children rather Enjoy Punishments - Heroism in Bearing Penalties - Wrongdoing followed by its own Penalties - Punishment is not Reformative - Good Habits the best Schoolmasters - Always Telling - Some Practical Counsels - An Inquisitive Child - The Defect of her Quality

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Episode 34: Discussion of Ch 14 Jun 09, 2019

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Episode 33: Reading of Ch 15 - Is It Possible? Jun 02, 2019

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Chapter XV - Is It Possible?

A Moral Crisis - We, too, Love our Brother - The 'Idol of Size' - Cui Bono? - Can Character be Changed? - The Question of the Age - The Essential Miracle - The Honest Sceptic - The Vicious by Inheritance - The Vicious by Inveterate Habit - Thoughts Think Themselves - Viscious Imaginations - Acquired Modification not Transmitted - Education Stronger than Nature - Natural Preparation for Salvation - Conversion no Miracle - Many Conversions in a Lifetime - 'Conversion' is not Contrary to Natural Law - Conditions of the Potency of an Idea - Fitness of the Ideas included in Christianity - Curative Treatment Necessary - The Relief of Inclusion in a Strong Organisation - Work and Fresh Air are Powerful Agents

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Episode 32: Reading of Ch 14 - Parents are Concerned to Give the Heroic Impulse May 26, 2019

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Chapter XIV - Parents are Concerned to Give the Heroic Impulse

Heroic Poetry Inspires to Noble Living - Beowulf, our English Ulysses - Beowulf is Prudent and Patient - 'Have Patience of thy Woes' - 'I Swore no False Oaths.' - 'Bear thyself Well.' - The English Ideal - Children should be in Touch with Beowulf - Action of the Poem - Our Gentle Forefathers--Old English Riddles

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Episode 31: Discussion of Ch 13 May 19, 2019

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Charlotte Mason's review of Eleven Sermons on Faith, with a preface by Rev H. C. Beeching.

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Episode 30: Discussion of Ch 12 May 12, 2019

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Charlotte Mason's review of Education from a National Standpoint by Alfred Foullee, translated by W. J. Greenstreet

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Episode 29: Reading of Ch 13 - Faith and Duty (Review) - Man lives by Faith, Godward and Manward May 05, 2019

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Chapter XIII - Faith and Duty (Reviews): Man lives by Faith, Godward and Manward

Things 'Sacred' and Things 'Secular' an Irreligious Classification - All Intercourse of Thought Belongs to the Realm of ideas - It is Obvious and Natural that the Father of Spirits should keep Open Access to the Spirits of Men - Easy Tolerance Commends itself to many Minds - Thackeray on the Easy and Sceptical Attitude - Man lives by Faith, Godward and Manward - Faith is the Simple Trust of Persons in a Person - Faith, a Lore of the Soul which demands Study - The Naturalness of Faith - Faith is no Self-originated Impulse - The Compassion of Christ - The Worship of Faith - Righteousness is a certain Disposition of the Spirit of Man to the Spirit of God

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Episode 28: Reading of Ch 12 - Faith and Duty (Review) - Claims of Philosophy as an Instrument of Education Apr 28, 2019

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Chapter XII - Faith and Duty (Reviews): Claims of Philosophy as an Instrument of Education

English Educational Thoughts tends towards Naturalism - Madame de Staël upon Locke - Our Educational Efforts lack Definite Aim - We are on the Verge of Chaos - But also in the Throes of an Educational Revolution - Is our System of Education to be the Issue of Naturalism or Idealism? - The Ethical View in Education - No Attempt has been made to Unify Education - Claims of Philosophy as an Educational Agent - A Nation should be Educated for its Proper Functions - M. Fouillée Neglects the Physiological Basis of Education - The Minor Moralities become Matters of Habit - The Idea which Initiates a Habit - Can Spirit act upon Matter - There is no Middle Way Open - The Individuality of Children is Safeguarded - Importance of Salient Ideas - A Scientific Spirit

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