Friday, 15 October 2021

'Liberal Arts Education: What Is It and What Is It Good For?'


"The idea of the liberal arts goes back to the root concept of freedom — that the liberal arts are to free your mind. They’re both coming from the same root as liberty....
    "[Yet for many present-day students], a kind of credentialism seems to have replaced the idea of a liberal arts education....."

~ Stephen Hicks in conversation with Marsha Enright (from Great Connections) about 'Liberal Arts Education: What Is It and What Is It Good For?'


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