“Once, in the Greek New Testament class on Sundays, taken by the Headmaster, I dared to ask, in spite of my stammering, what some parable meant. The answer Was so confused that I

actually experienced my first moment of consciousness - that is, I suddenly realised that no one knew anything . . . and from that moment I began t o think for myself, or rather knew that I could   . . . I remember so clearly this classroom, the high windows constructed…