
Julian Tepfers



(Above is an audio recording of the blog post) There are two ways of reading a book. You can read it to understand what the author says with it. Or you can read it to see what you can do with...
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(Drawing hands, M. C. Esher, 1948) “Man is nothing else but that which he makes of himself. That is the first principle of existentialism.” – Jean-Paul Sartre (1989) One of the most...
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(Essais, de Montaigne, 1595) The essay is a unique way of approaching education. It can be part science in that it means 'to test' or 'to experiment'. Conversely, it can be part art in that in...
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(Melencolia I, Albrecht Dürer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons) What is to be done except learn all we can about everything we can? Education is a force of civilisation. Through it we have...
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At the height of the Renaissance, Michelangelo unveiled David. This was also the unveiling of the ‘Renaissance man’. In examining this towering figure, one notices that his head and hands are...
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