Educação clássica

"Afficitur plagis qui non vult discere gratis." [A boy who doesn't learn willingly is forced to be taught with blows.]
Durham Cathedral Library, MS Hunter 100, f.44, © Durham Cathedral

Kraig Lennon Danielsson

36 min ·

In manuscript, we can read this phrase "Afficitur plagis qui non vult discere gratis"
(A Boy does not want to learn willingly is forced to be taught with blows...).

When Ockham, Thomas Aquinas and Duns Scotus... were young boys, did they want to learn willingly philosophy, theology and grammar?
-Durham Cathedral, Library MS Hunter 100, f.44, © Durham Cathedral