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28 03, 2017

Classical literacy and modern scholarship

By |2017-04-06T16:18:03-04:00March 28th, 2017|Academia, Debate / dialogue, Europe, Everything Else, Language, Literature, Philosophy, Quotes|0 Comments

Classical literacy and modern scholarship: how knowledge of Latin and Greek might deepen our current understanding of things, according to a German physicist; but the effort faces widespread difficulties: "No one learns Latin and Greek anymore, and therefore everything becomes superficial." This is the complaint of most learned journals, even though they themselves are simultaneously, and insensibly, [...]

5 03, 2017

Are the humanities “useless”? If so, do they still provide a use?

By |2017-03-08T22:33:27-05:00March 5th, 2017|2017, Asia, Debate / dialogue, Language, March, Philosophy, psychology, Quotes, Writing|0 Comments

Are the humanities "useless"? If so, do they still provide a use? Said Hui Shih to Chuang-tzu: “These sayings of yours are useless.” “It is only with people who know about the useless that there is any point in talking about uses. In all the immensity of heaven and earth, a man uses no more than [...]

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