... the " Stanford-style multicultural curriculum" which aimed to familiarize students with traditions, philosophy, literature and history of the west. The program consisted of 15 required books by writers such as Plato, Aristole, Homer,Aquinas,Marx and Freud. By 1987, a group called the Rainbow Coalition argued the fact that the books were all written by DWEM's or Dead White European Males. They ... ...
... of classical culture. While classical studies, science, and philosophy largely dissipated in the Latin west, Byzantine education and philosophy still zealously pursued these intellectual traditions. It was in Byzantium that Plato and Aristotle continued to be studied and were eventually transmitted first into the Islamic world and then back into Western Europe. A basic education in Byzantium consisted of the mastery of ... ...
... of the Transcendentalist movement, whose members were interested in massive social reform. Transcendentalism is a belief in a higher reality that could be perceived. The concept of transcendence was first developed by Plato. He believed in existence of absolute goodness, one beyond description. He stated that it could be perceived only through intuition rather than logic or rationality. German idealists, such as Fichte ... ...
