Professor Poochigian: "Why Study the Humanities?"

All the humanities do is study the human being as a conscious creature. All the other disciplines study the human as an unconscious creature. There are jobs in studying the human as an unconscious creature. There are no jobs in studying the human as a conscious creature. Why is simple. As conscious, the human has intrinsic value. Having intrinsic value, there are limits to which the human can be employed as a means of satisfying economic interests. As unconscious, the human has instrumental value. Having instrumental value, there are no limits to which the human can be employed as a means of satisfying economic interests.


                                                -- Donald Poochigian