The Great Tradition

Kepler’s Great Tradition of Classical Education is a simple way for any adult learner to join the Republic of Letters and engage in the Great Conversation of the Western Tradition.

Whether you are an adult learner who wants the Classical Christian Education your children are receiving at Kepler, or a post-high school student who wants to pursue a liberal arts education without paying egregious tuition costs at a modern college or university, or an educator seeking a Certification in Classical Christian Education, this course of study may be for you.

Adult Learning

The Great Tradition of Classical Education is one of the entry points for adult learners at Kepler, including the introductory course of study for Christian educators who intend to pursue Kepler's Teacher Certification.

When we speak of the Great Tradition of Classical Education, we are speaking of the Republic of Letters or The Great Conversation.

The Republic of Letters is the intellectual communities of thinkers and writers that have existed in nearly every culture and time period who by their engagement with great ideas through the written word formed a kind of metaphysical Republic. These intellectual communities went by various names throughout history (e.g., Belle Lettres, etc.), but all shared the same commitment to liberal learning and the life of the mind.

When we speak of The Great Conversation, we are harkening back to the writings of Robert Maynard Hutchins and Mortimer Adler. What they meant by this term was the truth that there have been many great books written in the western world reflecting all academic disciplines that are arguably the standard of thinking about these disciplines.

Chesterton called these writers from the past, The Democracy of the Dead. By this, he meant something like the Republic of Letters. The Great Conversation is a call to engage in the conversation with these intellectual giants as they converse with one another about the perennial human questions.

A Course of Study for Adult Learners

Kepler's Introduction to the Great Tradition of Classical Education is a flexible course of liberal arts study for adult learners and gap-year students that can be taken advantage of as separate and distinct courses for personal enrichment. OR, a person can combine preceptorials with micro-courses to work toward Kepler's Teacher Certification