Sublime

Tyler Cowen has argued that one of “the most valuable things you can do with your time and with your life” is to believe in people.⁠

Education, if it had ever really been in question, would doubtless have been a noble gift; education in the sense of the central tradition of history, with its freedom, its family honour, its chivalry which is the flower of Christendom.

I discovered her. Charmante, a perfect Gretchen,4 and we’ve already become acquainted. The prettiest little thing, really!’

younger boarders, after class, he was bloody testing me. I put Phurba standing on one leg facing the wall, the following day I did the same, this time for the entire class. It did the trick, he became more obedient, slowly becoming my friend. Nina and I were a novelty to the students,

Pestalozzi kept to Rousseau’s ideas about the significance of exploration and observation but wrapped this in a holistic view of the child—one which integrated heart and head—and which placed tenderness and respect for children at the centre of education.

Durant les jours suivant, Émile se laissa happer par une routine réjouissante. Réveillé avant les autres, il se rendait au café In Bivaccu pour profiter du calme de la mer. Canem venait s’allonger près de lui tandis que Mateo, après lui avoir servi son expresso, passait un peu de temps à discuter avec celui qu’il surnommait définitivement « Pinzutu

Le soleil était haut dans le ciel, il faisait chaud, mais le vent apportait à mes poumons de fraîches senteurs. Il fait bon vivre ainsi, Szittya doit bien avoir un peu raison. Vivre sans travail et sans responsabilité, ce n’est pas une mauvaise chose.

As we bring up our children, we have to remember that we are caretakers of the future. By improving their education, we improve the future of mankind, the future of this world.