All I am saying is that our civilzation sprung from liberal arts.
Then you aren't addressing the point you responded to, which is about liberal arts PhDs not liberal arts.
Also if by springing from liberal arts you mean solely or even overwhelmingly then your statement isn't accurate. Engineering, trading and markets, practical production skills, scientific research and experimentation and theorizing, etc. all played a big role.
If you mean that philisophical and political ideas, the ability to express and argue them, etc, where important in civilizations development I agree. If you mean fine and popular arts enrich civilization, I'd also agree. I'm not slamming liberal arts, just 1 - Your overrepresenting of their importance (Which is not to say they aren't important, just as as important as you present them, not the single primary key to civilization.), and 2 - The importance of liberal arts PhDs, many people who played important, useful, and/or interesting roles in these various arts never had a PhD. |
