Human Intelligence
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- Episode
- Teachers: Peter Ramus
- Broadcast Info
- 2025 (13 mins)
- Description
- Naomi Alderman meets Peter Ramus - a teacher determined to simplify and systematise the teaching of difficult things. He spoke his mind and thrived on stirring up trouble. Ramus was behind one of the most important learning devices in history. A system of organising knowledge that helped overthrow the primacy of Aristotle in medieval universities and allowed everyone to access ideas, regardless of birth or status. He was a fighter (literally on some occasions), a brilliant speaker and devoted to the idea that knowledge deserved to spread far beyond the cloistered walls of higher education.
- Genre
- History
How to cite this record
The Open University, "Human Intelligence". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ou/search/index.php/prog/251868 (Accessed 06 Feb 2026)