The Education of Iain McGilchrist, Part I: From Winchester College to All Souls

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The first instalment of a two-part conversation between Dr Iain McGilchrist, the renowned polymath, and Dr Stephen Blackwood, President of Ralston College, about Dr McGilchrist’s formative experiences at Winchester College, the prestigious British public school, his subsequent training as a literary critic at the University of Oxford, and his appointment as a Fellow of All Souls College. Drs McGilchrist and Blackwood emphasize the vital role of freedom, friendship, and the expectation of excellence when providing students with an authentic education. This conversation was recorded during Dr McGilchrist’s visit to Ralston College in March 2024 to deliver the Sophia lectures for the 2023–24 academic year. The second part of this discussion will be published on 16 December. To be notified of special events, lectures, and other updates, subscribe at https://www.ralston.ac/subscribe. Applications for Ralston College’s MA in the Humanities program are now open. Apply at https://www.ralston.ac/humanities-ma. List of People Mentioned in the Episode: Cicero George Herbert John Donne John Clare Guido d’Arezzo Alexander Pope Freeman Dyson Gerard Manley Hopkins Friedrich Schelling G.W.F. Hegel John Bayley Christopher Tolkien John Milton Edmund Spenser William Wordsworth Samuel Taylor Coleridge Georg Chritoph Lichtenberg Derek Parfit Thomas Hardy Oliver Sacks Roger Scruton