26 Feb 2009
The essence of a humanities education — reading the great literary and philosophical works and coming “to grips with the question of what living is for” — may become “a great luxury that many cannot afford.
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In Tough Times, the Humanities Must Justify Their Worth - NYTimes.com
I was a history major — eminently practical — and I wouldn’t have it any other way. Then again, I come from a family as steeped in the liberal arts as they come.
I suppose there’s also the argument that you don’t need to go to college to undertake that journey of self-discovery.
