The Arts

Keith is saying to me, that the liberal arts are a way of making the now, the present, what it going on at this moment in your life a bit more meaningful than it was before. He states that these types of curricula help students think differently about society, maybe even revolutionary. Du Bois even gave Platonic ideals credit because they, "destroyed feudalism, leveled serfdom, scorched aristocracy, melted crowns, took hold of the heart of William Wilberforce and burned into the soul of William Lloyd Garrison and the slave went forth a man". This kind of education is a major factor in our society and the minds of our young citizens. Keith Gilyard ends saying that, science and mathematical education is very important for production and financial strength in our country however, but for the benefit of the people living in it, the arts are a wondrous thing.