London Lectures

The Wisdom of Mentor

Jesse Norman analyses the philosophical roots of the idea of society, and argues for mentoring as a moral, social and economic solution.

Part of the London Lectures series, A Philosophers’ Manifesto.

November 27, 2020 18:30
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Modern society is beset by the problems of social division, loneliness and isolation. Drawing on Aristotle, Hobbes and Oakeshott, Jesse Norman analyses the philosophical roots of the idea of society, and argues for mentoring as a moral, social and economic solution.

  • Speaker

    Jesse Norman MP is Financial Secretary to the Treasury, and the author of recent biographies of Edmund Burke and Adam Smith.