Renewing classical liberal education
Think tank: Civitas
Author(s): Briar Lipson; Daniel Dieppe
November 20, 2025
This report from UK think tank Civitas discusses classical liberal education and its history.
Classical liberal education is the grounding of a child into a lifelong adventure through ideas and ideals, that they might enter, through the gradual cultivation of wisdom, style and virtue, into the fullness of humanity, ‘the good life’ as we might call it.
The tradition through which Western civilisation preserved and enriched its inheritance for 2,500 years, this education for freedom develops a person’s conscience, so that she might judge beauty and truthfulness, discern what is right and just, make the wise choice when it is not obvious.
