One of the main purposes of university is to encourage people to think. But education for its own sake is a bit dodgy, too. The idea that you can lea… - Charles Clarke

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One of the main purposes of university is to encourage people to think. But education for its own sake is a bit dodgy, too. The idea that you can learn about the world sitting in your study just reading books is not quite right... If we had less people studying philosophy, that would be unfortunate. I feel very less occupied by classics.