I’m also a big fan. Some differences between my project and theirs:
Mine is exclusively in person, in NYC.
Mine is not a Great Books program or a substantially classical program, although we do read great books that I’ve selected to help people aspire to—and achieve—a life with cultivated reading, writing, and expressive capacities.
My program assumes that people have difficulty with their phones, and that this inhibits their reading and thinking (even if they could otherwise complete the class while working through the difficulties). My class aims specifically at training them to use their phone at-will, rather than reflexively. So we work on deliberate lifestyle design.
My course is integrated reading, writing, and expression (rhetoric), and requires a substantial amount of memorization and recitation. The Catherine Project often offers classes that focus on reading or writing.
Mine is part of a larger project to launch a new liberal arts program in NYC, and is part of my larger vision for NYC’s civic society.
Excited for this project, Daniel!
This project is gonna change my life 😇
I’m a big fan of the Catherine Project. How is this different?
I’m also a big fan. Some differences between my project and theirs:
Mine is exclusively in person, in NYC.
Mine is not a Great Books program or a substantially classical program, although we do read great books that I’ve selected to help people aspire to—and achieve—a life with cultivated reading, writing, and expressive capacities.
My program assumes that people have difficulty with their phones, and that this inhibits their reading and thinking (even if they could otherwise complete the class while working through the difficulties). My class aims specifically at training them to use their phone at-will, rather than reflexively. So we work on deliberate lifestyle design.
My course is integrated reading, writing, and expression (rhetoric), and requires a substantial amount of memorization and recitation. The Catherine Project often offers classes that focus on reading or writing.
Mine is part of a larger project to launch a new liberal arts program in NYC, and is part of my larger vision for NYC’s civic society.
Love it. Best of luck with this.