The Importance of the Humanities in Education

"It's an occasion to take stock and to ask oneself what one has been doing, but not as usually as the case with middle of the night this may and self doubt," he says. "For centuries, the academic disciplines that go by the name of the humanities have occupied a central place in the liberal arts curriculum." The magical power of works of art and of masterpieces of thought can reach across vast tracts of time and space, Nobel winner adds.