Dr Zena Hitz (St John’s College, Annapolis) “The Spontaneity of the Mind and the Desire to Learn” part of the 2021 Aquinas Seminar Series on the theme De Magistro: Aquinas and the Education of the Whole Person, exploring what Aquinas offers towards a philosophy and praxis of education, bringing him into con­versation with other thinkers and with movements towards educating the whole person.