According to the Guardian, a small number of prisoners in the UK are given the opportunity to learn life skills from ancient Greek philosophers.
The teaching team, led by two classics professors from Durham University and supported by the prison education charity Novus, has so far completed courses in two men’s prisons, where inmates are serving long life-sentences -including life- for offences including serious violence and drugs to murder.
“Our course is designed to help prison learners use ancient philosophical wisdom to inform contemporary life,” Arlene Holmes-Henderson, a professor of classics education and public policy at Durham University told the Guardian.
Aristotle and his work on ethics and rhetoric are the main focus of the classical education in UK prisons. Prisoners seeking a new start in life can learn about communication, happiness, friendship, decision-making, and recreation. The topics are selected to provide them with that can help them achieve better lives in prison and when they are released.
The inmates appear to be thrilled to learn about classical philosophy. They wonder "Why didn’t we get this at school?"
Read more here: How Aristotle, Ancient Greek Philosophy Are Changing Inmates' Lives Inside UK Prisons - GreekReporter.com; Ethics Forum: Aristotle's Understanding of the Chief Good; Philosophers' Corner: Getting Acquainted with Aristotle
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