Ten Year Project Comes to Fruition

From the first seed of an idea to the final text Ty Fischer, headmaster of Veritas Academy, has been involved in producing six volumes of the Omnibus text.  What is omnibus you ask?  Gene Veith writes in the preface of this text,

"An omnibus was the term used in the nineteenth century for a public transportation vehicle.  It was a carriage and later a motor vehicle 'for all' (deriving from the Latin, the dative plural of omnis).  After a while, the first part of the word got dropped, and today we just call vehicles that can carry a lot of passengers a 'bus.'  The original word also developed in another direction at the same time, with 'omnibus' being a metaphor for a piece of writing (a book, a piece of legislation) that carries along with it other pieces of writing."

The pieces of writing in each Omnibus text are the Great Books of great authors of Western civilization.  These are Great Books because their authors have asked the great questions that every generation asks and must answer.  Ty alongside many other authors simply come alongside these Great Books and guide the reader through the thoughts of the Great Author. 

But Ty was not alone as a Veritas Academy author.  The following are essays and sessions (discussion questions to challenge comprehension) by Veritas teachers:

Bill Dawson, Self-Reliance, Civil Disobedience, The Picture of Dorian Gray, and The Interpretation of Dreams

Graham Dennis, Paradise Lost and Leviathan.

Chris Walker, The Red Badge of Courage and Heart of Darkness

Ty not only served as the managing editor but contributed with the following essays and sessions:

Deuteronomy, Democracy in America, Letter from Birmingham Jail, On Christian Doctrine and The Guns of August. 

It has been a long ride but well worth it considering the impact these texts are having not only at Veritas Academy but around the world in many other classical Christian schools and in homes.