Monday, March 07, 2011
Liberal and Servile Arts
Nicolás Gómez Dávila (1913-1994), Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección (Bogotá: Villegas Editores, 2001), p. 464 (tr. by Stephen at Don Colacho's Aphorisms):
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An education without the humanities prepares one only for servile occupations.On the other hand, remember the old joke:
Una educación sin humanidades prepara sólo para los oficios serviles.
Q. What did the liberal arts graduate say to the engineering graduate?
A. Would you like fries with that?
