On the Future of our Educational Institutions

The work presents a series of lectures that diagnose the failures of contemporary schooling and propose a cultural renewal. Through dialogic exchanges between a tutor and a younger interlocutor, it critiques routine pedagogy, the emphasis on technical rules, and educational complacency, arguing that modern institutions stifle genuine intellectual and moral development. It urges the emergence of leaders who combine creative insight with practical courage and advocates broader cultural aims over mechanical instruction. The text surveys curricular practices and teacherly temperaments, suggests possible radical reform or replacement of existing schools, and reflects on social conditions that hinder the cultivation of independent, spirited individuals.