Wonderful to read @philfacox interview with ⁦ @BAFTA winning actor &⁩ @hilda_beastoxf⁩ #Classics alumna Katherine Parkinson ⁦ @ITCrowdSupport⁩

Oxford Philosophy magazine

‘A mind still valid’ (pages 16-18) https://www.philosophy.ox.ac.uk/oxford-philosophy-magazine

‘I decided to read Classics because it seemed like a tasty pic ‘n’ mix degree, with language elements which I knew I loved, and the history, literature and philosophy thrown in....I had a feeling I would particularly enjoy philosophy and was excited to get to read Plato...’

‘I had come to Oxford from a state school with no previous knowledge of Ancient Greek so had assumed my Greek would never quite catch up with my Latin...but I had the great privilege of daily Greek lessons with James Morwood & in a few months Greek was the stronger of the two.’

‘I was hugely fortunate at @hilda_beastoxf to come under the tutelage of two charismatic philosophers, Kathleen Wilkes & Anita Avramides. In tutorials, being introduced to concepts such as consciousness, personal identity & other minds, I felt a quite literal opening of my own.’

‘For me, the immediate scope to throw ideas around, the playfulness that the robustness of the subject [philosophy] seemed to allow, took away any dry aspect to the study. Whereas I sometimes found translating Thucydides quite a dry experience. There, I’ve said it.’

‘I have found since that although I didn’t need a #Classics degree on my CV to go into acting, that hasn’t stopped it from being hugely useful and indeed relevant.’

‘The beauty of Euripides’ poetry has never left me; nowadays, philosophy still makes my mind feel valid.’