[ 3 / biz / cgl / ck / diy / fa / ic / jp / lit / sci / vr / vt ] [ index / top / reports ] [ become a patron ] [ status ]
2023-11: Warosu is now out of extended maintenance.

/lit/ - Literature

View post   
File: 67 KB, 337x396, 5589950.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
14214446 No.14214446 [Reply] [Original]

Is trying to study (autodidact) the 7 liberal arts (grammar, logic, rhetoric, arithmetic, geometry, music, astronomy) worth it or are there better sets of fields to study to obtain a more spherical understanding of the world?

>> No.14214451
File: 90 KB, 768x1024, 0eb.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
14214451

>>14214446
Of course

>> No.14214462

these days if you want to understand the world from a realistic perspective you should probably throw in physics, statistics and economics

>> No.14214466

>>14214462
>economics
>science
Kek. Might as well throw in psychology too.

>> No.14214474

>>14214466
t. retard
Economics might be a hard science like physics but it's probably more important to understand our world since it is pretty much driven by economics, stats are also pretty important.

>> No.14214476

One more thing, is there a particular order I should tackle them in or just randomly?

>> No.14214820

>>14214474
This is definitely true. Given the ways in which they are done today, astronomy and music should probably also be replaced for convenience in my opinion

>> No.14215474

Bump

>> No.14215535

Bump

>> No.14215563

Almost none of these have ever been historically stable. What logic, grammar, and rhetoric meant during the early middle ages, high middle ages, and renaissance were all completely different and in constant flux. Geometry and arithmetic are easy enough but astronomy was mostly an extension of these and now entails many more things.

>> No.14215575

>>14214474
economics won't help you understand the driving forces because markets today are fake, controlled by central planners
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedspeak

>> No.14215587

>>14214446
add a couple of games in there. chess and/or go; poker and/or backgammon. they will hone very useful thought processes

>> No.14215591

>>14214474
Economics can be skipped, but political economy or economic history is invaluable.

>> No.14215686

>>14214446
the liberal arts are so based, why did i have to be born into this clown ass century.

>> No.14215698

>>14215563
After doing a bit of digging, I realized that the curriculum shifted and you're very correct. What would you recommend for somebody to study in 2019 to achieve what was being sought after through the study of the liberal arts in antiquity and the middle ages before the Renaissance?
>>14215587
Do you know any good books on chess, go and/or poker?
>>14215591
Isn't political economy also kind of very subjective? Regardless what books would you recommend on political economy and history of econ?