George LongleyJul 22, 20232 min readSocrates: A Warning Against ComplacencyThe inspiration for this article was a passing conversation with a friend about the importance of history. She was fascinated by the...
George LongleyApr 5, 20232 min readAnother kind of narrow…I came across an article the other day that queried the relevance of degrees in the modern job market. This annoyed me for two main...
George LongleyApr 3, 20232 min readNew Skills or Natural Human Capacities?About a year ago a good friend of mine, ancient philosophy scholar, Nicholas Denyer (Trinity College, Cambridge) shared the following...
George LongleyFeb 26, 20224 min read'Thinking is hard'. Just ask Socrates!‘Thinking is Difficult, that's why most people judge.’ Seeing this quotation from Karl Jung on LinkedIn a couple of days ago (the time...
George LongleyDec 15, 20213 min readA Pupil Pays Tribute to his Great Teacherhttps://www.linkedin.com/posts/gavinmccormack_teachers-teacher-project-activity-6875905467059724288-iO-v When Gavin MacCormack posted...
George LongleyNov 26, 20215 min readLicensed to Skill!Recently, I have seen the term skill-based curriculum a lot. But what does it mean? I found various definitions in my search, but...
George LongleyNov 23, 20212 min readEinstein the PhilosopherEinstein and the ancients might initially seem like an odd juxtaposition, science legend Einstein and thinkers of the ancient world....
George LongleyNov 20, 20213 min readDo we 'knowingly' do wrong?Do we actually knowingly do wrong? Joking about Cadbury’s mini eggs aside (but my goodness, aren’t they good?), it is almost a reflex...
George LongleyOct 15, 20213 min readγνῶθι σÎαυτον Know Thyself!- Know Thyself: Sententia Cotidiana XXI The question of today’s ‘thought’ is what this phrase really means. Scrolling through a few...
George LongleyJan 28, 20214 min readWhy Study ClassicsAlthough rather embarrassing to admit now, the story of Jason and the Argonauts, played out on screen amidst the monsters of the great...