Argument Quote by Martha C. Nussbaum

The first thing you get from the humanities, when they're well taught, is critical thinking. Philosophy in particular can play that role, not just…

— Martha Nussbaum

Courses in the humanities, in particular, often seem impractical, but they are vital, because they stretch your imagination and challenge your mind to become…

— Martha Nussbaum

The calling of the humanities is to make us truly human in the best sense of the word.

— J. Irwin Miller

I want to support the whole idea of the humanities and teaching the humanities as being something that - even if it can't be…

— Tom Stoppard

The humanities have been forced to disguise, both from themselves and their students, why their subjects really matter, for the sake of attracting money…

— Alain de Botton

I was never very good at school with... humanities... anything which was more a matter of opinion.

— Terence Tao

In trying to justify the humanities, as in trying to live a life, what may turn out to matter most is holding one's nerve.

— Stefan Collini

The theoretical broadening which comes from having many humanities subjects on the campus is offset by the general dopiness of the people who study…

— Richard P. Feynman

I am a humanist because I think humanity can, with constant moral guidance, create reasonably decent societies. I think that young people who want…

— James A. Michener

I have a long-term interest in the humanities.

— Jim Leach

I did get a very fine education, and not just in science. It took some pressure on the part of my elders to convince…

— Joshua Lederberg

“If our best-educated citizens have no idea how to answer these basic questions, we will struggle to build a democracy that can solve the…

— Peter singer