Loved reading that Socratic Handbook, along with Aristotle, Bertrand Russell, Tommy Aquinas, Descartes, Kant, Spinoza, James, Butterfield, and the rest of "Kool and the Gang".
Who was it that said: "When you are required to take subjects for which you have little use, you know you're receiving a superior education."? Must'a been a categorical imperative to study that stuff. It sticks to your ribs. I still get out my Melvin Rader "The Enduring Questions" from time to time.
I think Rene got it backwards. In reality, its "Sum, ergo cogito", presupposing there is a reality. And James fell a bit short in his analysis: The man and the squirrel actually went around a common center, the tree, pragmatically speaking.
But, alas and alack, my true love in the Humanities was Mythology, both Greek and Roman. Aeneas, Polyphemus, Achilles, Jupiter, Juno, Proserpina, Cerberus, Icarus, Daedalus, Apollo, Zeus, Odyssius ... the ultimate soap opera.
History of Art was an extremely worthwhile pursuit which pays lifelong dividends. H W Janson's book is a must.
Russian Lit. English Lit. French Lit. American Lit.
Grammatical and Conversational French.
Qual and Quant Analytical and Organic Chemistry, Physics, Calculus, Biology, Comparative Anatomy.
Finance, Accounting, Marketing, Economics, Business Law.
History.
There, my whole undergrad CV. LOL.
It's late, the clocks have ceased their chiming,
and the deep river runs on. I must take my leave in sleep. Sweet dreams.
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