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Introduction Chapter 1: Humanistic Thinking Deep Comprehension Literature Toolkit Poetry Toolkit Visual Art Toolkit Music Toolkit Critical Analysis Elements of Critical Analysis Analyzing Arguments Identifying Fallacies Meaningful Contribution Message Style Chapter 2: Growth, Obstacles, and Grit The Garden of Eden "Paradise Lost" by John Milton "Invictus" by William Ernest Henley Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare "Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee," Rembrandt van Rijn Chapter 3: Individual, Collective, and Identity Republic, Plato Apology, Plato The Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle "Misery" by Anton Chekhov "I am!" by John Clare "Good Friday" by Christina Rossetti "On a Columnar Self" by Emily Dickinson "A Bar at the Folies-Bergère" by Édouard Manet "Melancholy" by Edvard Munch Chapter 4: Time, Memory, and Impermanence "Now I Become Myself" by May Sarton "The World is Too Much With Us" by William Wordsworth "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth "Loveliest of Trees" by A. E. Houseman "Impression, Sunrise" by Claude Monet "The Unanswered Question" by Charles Ives Byzantine Iconoclasm Christ as the Good Shepherd from the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia The Lamentation from the Church of Saint Panteleimon The Christ Pantocrator from St. Catherine's Monastery Apse Semi-Dome of the Basilica of Sant'Appolinare The Crucifixion of St. Catherine's Monastery The Holy Doors Diptych: Annunciation from St. Catherine's Monastery Virgin (Theotokos) and Child between Saints Theodore and George from St. Catherine's Monastery Emperor Justinian Mosaic from San Vitale Ontological Exploration on Virtue 1 Chapter 5: Life, Death, and Loss "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin "To Autumn" by John Keats "When I am dead, my dearest" by Christina Rossetti "To Be or Not to Be," Hamlet by William Shakespeare "Crossing the Bar" by Alfred Lord Tennyson "Death, be not proud" by John Donne Kindertotenlieder, Gustav Mahler Chapter 6: Faith, Knowledge, and Inquiry An Overview of the Trial of Galileo Scriptural References Selected Letters Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems by Galileo Galilei The Conservative Judge The Liberal Judge The Conflicted Leader The Diplomat The Scientist The Zealot "Disciple-Scholars" by Neal A Maxwell Chapter 7: Freedom, Law, and Responsibility Declaration of Independence Declaration of the Rights of Man Of the State of Nature by John Locke The American Crisis by Thomas Paine The Star-Spangled Banner by Francis Scott Key The Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred, Lord Tennyson The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus "Nuns Fret Not at their Convent's Narrow Room" by William Wordsworth High Waving Heather by Emily Jane Brontë Four Freedoms by Norman Rockwell Napoleon on His Imperial Throne by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Symphony No. 3, Op. 55 by Ludwig von Beethoven "Eroica" Ontological Exploration on Virtue 2 Chapter 8: Truth, Error, and Perception Republic by Plato Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzche Truth—Is as Old as God— by Emily Dickinson XXVIII "Truth," Said a Traveler by Stephen Crane All is Truth by Walt Whitman A Legend of Truth by Rudyard Kipling Sonnet 138 by William Shakespeare Madonna and Child by Carlo Crivelli Vexierbilder by Erhard Schön The Madison Avenue Beat by Lester Lanin Chapter 9: Strength, Humility, and Meekness Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech by Mother Teresa "I have a dream" by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We Shall Fight on the Beaches, Winston Churchill "Quit India" by Mahatma Gandhi The Lives of the Artists by Giorgio Vasari Heiligenstadt Testament, Ludwig van Beethoven "Night Cafe in Arles" by Vincent Van Gogh Your Elusive Creative Genius by Elizabeth Gilbert "Pietà" by Michelangelo BuonarrotiQuestions and Tasks
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The classical question about which is more valuable. Talent is a capacity to accomplish something without the need for refinement, practice, or development. Skill is just the opposite. It is achieved through the intentional development of abilities one was not endowed with originally. If we are thinking about how this connects to creativity, there are wonderful sources that discuss this dichotomy ad nauseam.
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