means to seek knowledge regardless of practical use–learning to think, understand, and critically analyze connections between statements. Cognition understood in this way ultimately has a very practical impact on the life of a person and society.

The student is immersed in the great conversation of Western civilization. He is educated by studying primary texts and important works of the authors who shaped our culture.

of pupils and students in all aspects–intellectual, moral, and spiritual–contributes to the formation of their character.

which include the trivium (grammar, logic, rhetoric) and the quadrivium (arithmetic, geometry, music and astronomy), perfected at medieval institutions such as Oxford University.

respects different developmental stages of the person and adapts pedagogical methods to them.