The idea of studying humanities sometimes doesn’t always make itself clear to many individuals. Some may find it pointless or out of date, others just don’t understand what exactly it means. When coming into this class, I have gone through the ideas of humanities that previous beginner classes have brought to light, just to learn that it was deeper than those classes really made it seem. Reading about Greek tragedies, and poems written by certain artists, what do these all have in common?
The idea of humanities is to understand the human condition through the ways of analyzing. It’s not just focusing on a certain aspect of life, but focusing on the impressions of people on culture and what their impressions mean. Each part having its own significance. It focuses on understanding meaning, purpose and goals instead of focusing on the cause of certain events.
Through these ideas, I believe that by learning about humanities, we’re learning about how we perceive the past, and how we perceive our place in our own cultures. Understanding the meaning of what we are to a certain culture will help people understand their place among history. By reading Greek tragedies, we’re not only learning about stories that are entertaining, but learning about the trials that we go through during life in a new light.
