Contributors

The following people contributed their time, knowledge, intellects and spirits to creating Classic Insights. It continues to be a labor of love, indeed:

  • Andrew Flaxman, founder and director of Classic Insights, B.A., Princeton (cum laude); M.A., Business, Rutgers; author of Learning from History, (Gifted Education Press of Virginia, 1990), “The Open I" (Humanities Education, University of Minnesota, 1991), “The Extra Senses in Our Perception” (Thresholds Quarterly, May 1999), “The Bhagavad Gita and Self Education” (Thresholds Quarterly, Winter 2000-2001), and “The Open I” (revised, Chrysalis Reader, 2001).
  • Eric Cunningham, Professor of History, Gonzaga University: Ph.D., History, University of Oregon; Stanford Inter-University Center for Language Studies; MA, East Asian Languages and Literatures, University of Oregon; BA, History, University of Colorado.
  • Paul Margulies, B.A., Dartmouth College, with honors in philosophy; retired copy writer responsible for Volkswagen, Avis, and Alka Seltzer campaigns; author of children's books; lecturer and writer on the philosophy of Rudolf Steiner more than 30 years.
  • Bobby Matherne, BS in Physics, LSU; Graduate work in Education, University of New Orleans; Principal Researcher, The Doyletics Foundation; photographer, graphics designer, writer, and researcher on evolution of consciousness – A Reader's Journal, The Spizznet File, Flowers of Shanidar, Rainbows and Shadows, and Freedom on the Half Shell.
  • Richard Geldard, Ph.D., Stanford University, Classics and Dramatic Literature; BA, Bowdoin College; MA, Middlebury College); Professor of Philosophy, Yeshiva University (retired). Author of The Spiritual Teachings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Heraclitus Remembered, The Traveler's Key to Ancient Greece, God In Concord, The Vision of Emerson, and The Find at Ephesus.
  • Craig Holdrege, Director of The Nature Institute, biologist, and educator. Author of Genetics and the Manipulation of Life: The Forgotten Factor of Context and numerous articles.
  • Jeffrey Kane, Ph.D., NYU; former Dean, Adelphi University School of Education. Author of In Fear of Freedom: Public Education and Democracy in America.
  • Antonio T. de Nicolas, Ph.D., Fordham University; Professor Emeritus, Philosophy, SUNY Stony Brook; Director, Biocultural Research Institute, St. Augustine, FL. Author of 27 books, including Meditations through the Rg Veda, Powers of Imagining: Ignatius de Loyola, Habits of Mind, and a translation of the Bhagavad Gita.
  • Nancy Robbins, editor and consultant.
  • Richard Wentzler, B.S., Physics, SUNY; writer.
  • Gisela Wielki, Reverend, Christian Community, Movement for Religious Renewal.
  • Paul Zachos, Ph.D., M.S. Ed., SUNY Albany; B.S., Queens College, City University of NY; Director of Student Assessment and Program Evaluation, Association for the Cooperative Advancement of Science and Education, Saratoga Springs, NY.

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