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In defense of the liberal arts

February 13, 2012 – 2:36 pm

Louis Menand’s article, Live and Learn – why we have college is great and you should read the whole article, but I wanted to point out one paragraph that struck me as a defender of the liberal arts education. The most interesting finding is that students majoring in liberal-arts fields—sciences, social sciences, and arts and [...]

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On the Shoulders of Giants – How it differs for Hard Science vs. Social Science

February 9, 2012 – 9:20 am

Bernard of Chartres used to say that we are like dwarfs on the shoulders of giants, so that we can see more than they, and things at a greater distance, not by virtue of any sharpness of sight on our part, or any physical distinction, but because we are carried high and raised up by [...]

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