Discuss role purpose function of a liberal arts education

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Question 1. Flannery and Shorris both decry a purely technical education and emphasize the importance of a liberal arts education in our culture/society. In your essay discuss the role/purpose/function of a liberal arts education (and of the humanities) in our culture/society as described by Flannery in Our Greatest need and by Shorris in Social Transformation Through the Humanities

Question 2. In Social Transformation Through the Humanities Earl Shorris defends his Eurocentric curriculum by pointing out that the Greeks were the "troublemakers of history." Explain how Plato's Republic makes him a "troublemaker of history." Make sure your response contains a full discussion of all the segments we have read and discussed in class: Education; Physical education; Women and the Family.

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