These past Plutarch classes are included, and you are granted asynchronous access to the current term for as long as you hold this membership level.
Featured Courses
Dion, Plato's second most famous student, tries to implement Plato's philosophical ideals first by force and then by reason. See how well politics and philosophy mix in this term's Life!
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Featured Courses
$205
Featured Courses, Plutarch, Live Classes
A thrifty farmer and canny strategist, Phocion spends his life in service to his country, only to be repaid by their betrayal.
$205
Plutarch, Recorded
Coming from a long line of ancient Roman virtue, Cato the Younger makes a name for himself in resisting tyranny and standing for the rule of law. What lessons does he have for us today on citizenship?
$105
Plutarch, Recorded
A vain but talented young man enters politics for all the wrong reasons and we wonder who he serves throughout his diverse career. The answer, as for so many of Plutarch's heroes, comes not only in his life, but particularly in his death.
$105
Plutarch, Recorded
Pompous Roman pride in human form, come meet the man who bends to no one until it’s too late…
$105
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“As a homeschooling parent, I enrolled in one of Mr. Cox's Plutarch classes because I was struggling to lead my kids through Plutarch. In spite of a bachelor's degree (and being a homeschool K-12 graduate myself), I'd never encountered Plutarch before. I was often lost in the maze of names, battles, places, and dates, and our Plutarch sessions often felt like the blind leading the blind. We frequently paused mid-reading so I could frantically look up who a person was, or where a place was, or struggle to frame a more abstract question in such a way that the mysterious Google search bar gods would understand what it was I wanted to know--why was Battle X significant? Why was it bad for A when B did XYZ? It felt kind of like drinking from a fire hose. We knew water was good for us, and some days we enjoyed getting drenched, but other days it felt useless (at best) or like a waste of time (at worst). Often, it was like reading a bunch of stuff about people and places and things we didn't know how to connect to one other--let alone connect to OUR lives in any meaningful way. Enter Tom Cox's Plutarch classes. I enrolled myself in Cato the Younger as an asynchronous student, to see if it was worth the money to enroll my kids. To say I was blown away is a paltry understatement. In a relatively short class period, Tom manages to not only read the week's Plutarch section, ask for narrations, and answer questions; he does with such obvious delight, enthusiasm, and knowledge of the subject matter, and such interest and empathy for his students, that Plutarch became fascinating. To ME, a forty-something homeschool mom of 5! He knows who all the characters are and can tell you right away when you ask. He knows the location of Battle X and will draw you a quick little map so you know where it is, too. He'll draw a diagram of a galley and explain complex relationships. HE KNOWS HOW TO PRONOUNCE THE NAMES. He knows the history of this time period, so he can tell you who comes before and after this person, and why this person is important, without consulting the Google search bar gods. He cares about this stuff—like, a lot—and his passion is infectious, birthing interest and care in the hearts and minds and memories of his students. He makes Plutarch interesting and relevant to students in the 2020s, which is more than I have been able to accomplish in spite of my sincerest efforts.”
Nicole in WA
