Month: January 2018

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Book review Classics CS Lewis History Stocism

What have I just finished reading? A Classical Education

I have a talk coming up in March that quite frankly is scaring me to death.  I have to give a series of forty minute talks to some ….. teenagers!  (Dan Dan Daaa!)

So yes I am brushing up on my Classical knowledge.  As a young and foolish man I really hated the Classics in general and Philosophy in particular but now at the age of 30 (version 9) I have come to love them.  My other interests include CS Lewis.  I have read everything that Lewis wrote and now with my classical knowledge increasing I can understand him a deeper level.  I never realised how much stoicism was in Mere Christianity or the Screwtape Letters!

I have just finished reading A Classical Education which proved to be a good read, full of interesting facts and enlightening.

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What am I listening to? Greek Philosophy

I have already posted today that I have been reading Horrible Histories but I have also been listening to some serious Greek Philosophy.  I find audio books very useful because first I have dyslexia, second I can listen to them in the car on the way to work and third because the cat can sit on my lap whilst I listen which she can not do when I am reading a book.

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What am I working on today? My Greek talk!

One of the time periods I cover in Primary Schools is the Ancient Greeks. It’s a really fun workshop covering myths, history and artefacts. In fact its one of my faviourate workshops because I work so many song lyrics into my talks. I read extensively for my workshops and constantly reread my faviourate books to keep my knowledge fresh so today I have been reading the ever popular Groovy Greeks by Terry Deary of Horrible Histories fame.