For a sterner combat...

The primary end of classical education, then, is in the student. But the student is a human being, and according to all the religions of the world (and therefore according to the vast majority of all people who have ever lived, in all times, places and cultures), the ultimate end or final cause of a human being is something more than simply the mature flourishing of human powers, especially the powers of the mind, in this life. If this is true-- if in fact this life is a gymnasium to train for another, sterner combat-- then the ultimate purpose of classical education is there.
~Peter Kreeft, "What Is Classical Education", from The Classical Teacher, Spring 2009, by Memoria Press