aspects of a liberal education

1. Ask questions.

"We express our wonder through questions...What kind of a world are we living in? What kind of a world should we be living in?" 

"Questions are the piety of thought." - Martin Heidigger

2. Study the greatest works by the greatest thinkers.

"These authors and ideas have been speaking to one another through all time."

3. A liberal education requires time and space to read, reflect, and discuss.

"It's unfortunate that in the world that we live in today, this digital world, the pace of activity is so great that we're constantly barraged with this relentless activity, but in pursuit of what? We've got to have a purpose, and what this time for reflection allows for students is to take that time to understand the world that we're living in and to prepare themselves for it so that they can go back into it."

4. Our time is not unique.

"The things that really matter haven't changed that much, and you have the opportunity then to go back, to ask the questions that others have asked, to reflect upon them, to read the greatest works by the greatest thinkers, and to learn and think for yourself. This is what a liberal education provides."