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AMMUNITION I:  'USELESS' KNOWLEDGE: 

2/13/2013

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The repeated attacks on liberal education in the media and from politicians require  ammunition in response.  Here's some
"All know the advantage of being useful
but no one knows the advantage of being useless."


from [Zhuangzi] (364-290 BCE),

This poem starts Nicholas Jones off on an inquiry into what is  useless and useful in the liberal arts .  His article should be required reading for all college students, their parents -and (I suppose it is too much to hope for) politicians.

Nicholas Jones “Liberal Arts, and the Advantages of Being Useles” http://www.academia.edu/2454947/Liberal_Arts_and_the_Advantages_of_Being_Useless

PLEASE HELP PROVIDE MORE AMMUNITION BY FORWARDING LINKS TO ME AT  [email protected]
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