Headmaster's Perspective: Physical Education at a Classical School
From Hoplite Radio by Ridgeview Classical Schools
October 27, 2025 · 16 min · Season 7 · Episode 5
About this episode
The episode discusses the importance of physical education in a classical school context, referencing historical perspectives.
In the early 1930s, R.G. Collingwood, a prominent intellectual at Pembroke College, Oxford was concerned about the rise of Nazism and its implications for Britain and Europe, and borrowing a line from Book V of Livy’s Histories, he compared himself to the sacred geese dedicated to Juno in Rome that had warned of a surprise Gallic attack in 390 BC. He wrote in his autobiography in 1939, “I am a professorial goose, and my job is to honk.”
Topics covered
- Physical Education
- Classical Education
- R.G. Collingwood
- Nazism
- History
Keywords
- education
- classical school
- physical education
- history
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Book V
Places: Oxford, Britain, Europe, Rome
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