Edith Hall

British classicist; professor of classics and ancient history at Durham University, writing on Greek literature, theatre and Aristotle; author of Aristotle's Way and Facing Down the Furies.

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Ed Miliband failed as Labour leader mainly because of his laboured, anxious way of speaking.

Ed Miliband, another principled and highly intelligent Labour politician, failed as leader of the Labour Party, as I suggested in a blog in 2012 and remain convinced, mainly on the ground of his laboured, anxious, adenoidal locution.

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Too few prisoners are helped to ask the big questions about their purpose in life, which ancient Greek thought answers richly.

Some have access to training in skills to help them find employment on release, but far too few are helped to ask the big questions about their purpose in life, to which ancient Greek thought has rich answers.

edithorial.blogspot.comSaid 7 Feb 2026This on korrents

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12 September

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From one piece What a Difference a Voice Makes: Andy Burnham and Paul Cartledge's Pericles 2 beliefs · edithorial.blogspot.com

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Keir Starmer is a good and principled man who sounds like a terminally depressed dalek.

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Starmer, who I believe to be a good and principled man, unfortunately sounds like a terminally depressed dalek

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Ed Miliband failed as Labour leader mainly because of his laboured, anxious way of speaking.

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Ed Miliband, another principled and highly intelligent Labour politician, failed as leader of the Labour Party, as I suggested in a blog in 2012 and remain convinced, mainly on the ground of his laboured, anxious, adenoidal locution.

edithorial.blogspot.com

7 February

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Teaching ancient ethics in prisons is the most fulfilling teaching she has done.

education

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I have found these sessions to be the most fulfilling experience of pedagogy in my entire working life.

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Too few prisoners are helped to ask the big questions about their purpose in life, which ancient Greek thought answers richly.

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Some have access to training in skills to help them find employment on release, but far too few are helped to ask the big questions about their purpose in life, to which ancient Greek thought has rich answers.

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12 April 2025

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From one piece Preserving Democracy & Resisting Tyranny with Aristotle 2 beliefs · edithorial.blogspot.com

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Ordinary people can resist tyranny through friendly everyday participation in shared meals, clubs and study circles.

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So there is one way to resist--through our everyday behaviours--the atmosphere of suspicion and ignorance the tyrant needs to foster, and that is to participate in a friendly manner in all such interactions and collective activities.

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No tyrant has ever overwhelmed a community that behaved as if it were not ruled by a tyrant.

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Discuss, debate, befriend, be kind: no tyrant has ever succeeded in overwhelming a community that behaved as if it were not ruled by a tyrant.

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9 November 2024

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Far too many academic classicists sneered at Classical Civilisation qualifications for decades.

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Sadly, far too many academic classicists sneered at Classical Civilisation for several decades after its inception, although few now do so today.

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13 August 2018

Edith HallRecommends 13 Aug 2018

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Aristotle: Political Philosophy

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I could have chosen his Aristotle on the Human Good (1989) but my favourite of all his books is Aristotle: Political Philosophy (2002).

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- Ed Miliband failed as Labour leader mainly because of his laboured, anxious way of speaking.
  
  Ed Miliband, another principled and highly intelligent Labour politician, failed as leader of the Labour Party, as I suggested in a blog in 2012 and remain convinced, mainly on the ground of his laboured, anxious, adenoidal locution.
  
  What a Difference a Voice Makes: Andy Burnham and Paul Cartledge's Pericles Said 12 Sept 2026
  
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- Keir Starmer is a good and principled man who sounds like a terminally depressed dalek.
  
  Starmer, who I believe to be a good and principled man, unfortunately sounds like a terminally depressed dalek
  
  What a Difference a Voice Makes: Andy Burnham and Paul Cartledge's Pericles Said 12 Sept 2026
  
  Full record — everyone who holds this →
- Too few prisoners are helped to ask the big questions about their purpose in life, which ancient Greek thought answers richly.
  
  Some have access to training in skills to help them find employment on release, but far too few are helped to ask the big questions about their purpose in life, to which ancient Greek thought has rich answers.
  
  Ancient Ideas and Modern Life Skills in UK Prisons Said 7 Feb 2026
  
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Teaching ancient ethics in prisons is the most fulfilling teaching she has done.

I have found these sessions to be the most fulfilling experience of pedagogy in my entire working life.

Ancient Ideas and Modern Life Skills in UK Prisons Said 7 Feb 2026

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education

No tyrant has ever overwhelmed a community that behaved as if it were not ruled by a tyrant.

Discuss, debate, befriend, be kind: no tyrant has ever succeeded in overwhelming a community that behaved as if it were not ruled by a tyrant.

Preserving Democracy & Resisting Tyranny with Aristotle Said 12 Apr 2025

Full record — everyone who holds this →

Ordinary people can resist tyranny through friendly everyday participation in shared meals, clubs and study circles.

So there is one way to resist--through our everyday behaviours--the atmosphere of suspicion and ignorance the tyrant needs to foster, and that is to participate in a friendly manner in all such interactions and collective activities.

Preserving Democracy & Resisting Tyranny with Aristotle Said 12 Apr 2025

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Far too many academic classicists sneered at Classical Civilisation qualifications for decades.

Sadly, far too many academic classicists sneered at Classical Civilisation for several decades after its inception, although few now do so today.

Classics, Class and ‘Class. Civ.’ Qualifications in the 21st Century Said 9 Nov 2024

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  I could have chosen his Aristotle on the Human Good (1989) but my favourite of all his books is Aristotle: Political Philosophy (2002).
  
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