Peter Gayed
Peter Gayed
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LETTER: Interpreting rightly
Regrettably, Mr. Graver did not read what I wrote but instead read relativism into an essay which was not written by a relativist.
GAYED: Finding the right meaning
In “The value of the humanities” (Sept. 29), Professor R. Howard Bloch seals the necessity of a humanities education by stating that “[t]he Humanities draw the lines of a life worth living and the swerves of a life devoid of such meaning.” More than this, the humanities raise the very ground on which we make our departure: “Philosophy prepares us to die,” Professor Bloch reminds us with the words of Michel de Montaigne.