A philosophy on poetry and death: Why we should teach philosophy to kids

I’d go Sparta-style philosophy regime into my little monsters, that is, if I cared about life. 

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Via the BPS Research Digest: A recent study on the long-term benefits of the Socratic method. In a study of 105 children, all around 10 years old, teachers spent an hour a week for 16 months teaching lessons based on philosophical inquiry.

The philosophy-based lessons encouraged a community…

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