Vigen Guroian: Fairy Tales, Classical Learning, and The Moral Imagination
The Moral Imagination
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The Mentor-Mentee Relationship
In contrast to the spirit of modern educational theory, in the mentor-mentee relationship, there lies no distinction between method and content. So that by means of physical gesture, tone, voice, behavior, the mentor communicates his special knowledge as a piece of his own character. I was struck by one section where the Stag is vigilant. He reminds me of Gandalf, right? And there's something separate from Gandalf and Frodo. There's a separateness like and like even use the monastic. There’s a monk. Monos means alone or still solo. You need to be able to be by yourself.
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