
Another 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...

New 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...

'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...

A Pupil Pays Tribute to his Great Teacher
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/gavinmccormack_teachers-teacher-project-activity-6875905467059724288-iO-v When Gavin MacCormack posted...

Licensed 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...

Einstein the Philosopher
Einstein and the ancients might initially seem like an odd juxtaposition, science legend Einstein and thinkers of the ancient world....

Do 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...

γνῶθι σÎαυτον Know Thyself!
- Know Thyself: Sententia Cotidiana XXI The question of today’s ‘thought’ is what this phrase really means. Scrolling through a few...

Why Study Classics
Although rather embarrassing to admit now, the story of Jason and the Argonauts, played out on screen amidst the monsters of the great...










