Tag: classical pursuits
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September 16, 2016
Thanks to Gary Schoepfel, HMU Tutor, for today’s post.
I have spent the greater part of my life swimming in the humanities. With the arrival of the “new school year” comes two perennial and troubling questions I ask myself each September. What good do I get from reading, writing, discussing, and thinking about those many things we pigeonhole under that heading, humanities? And what business do I have “selling” this stuff to anyone?