Humanities

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In academia the humanities are the classics and liberal arts; those subjects supposedly taught for their social and intellectual merit, rather than for pragmatic use.

Subjects classed under the label of the humanities:

The Classics:

• Ancient Greek
• Latin

The Liberal arts:

• Literature
• Rhetoric
• Poetry
• and so on.. please complete this list

See also:

• The Two Cultures

References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Humanities" http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanities July 21, 2003