What's 500 years or so..?

I was reading Montaigne's essays and it surprised me yet again how little things change. He approaches his topic's in a refreshing and practical manner (albeit from the viewpoint of privledge). It is always interesting to have someone point out the logical inconsistencies in behavior of those around him at a time when their were real consequences to doing so. I have especially enjoyed his discourse on the raising of children, since he looks at it realistically in terms of desired outcome versus fanciful. He suggests a teacher who employs the Socratic method rather than rote learning since you want your child to build on what they have learned rather than regurgitate knowledge...All of which fits in well with my own thinking. The trick will be to implement a course of learning for my children that accomplishes that in an age of distraction's....http://www.uoregon.edu/~rbear/montaigne/1xxv.htm

He has a great quote concerning Aristotle and Alexander the Great: I am of Plutarkes mind, which is, that Aristotle did not so much ammuse his great Disciple about the arts how to frame Syllogismes, or the principles of Geometric, as he endevoured to instruct him with good precepts concerning valour, prowesse, magnanimitie, and temperance, and an undanted assurance not to feare any thing; and with such munition he sent him, being yet verie young, to subdue the Empire of the world, only with 30000. footmen, 4000. horsemen, and 42000. Crownes in monie.