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Dr. George Harne on Receiving Beauty
What is beauty? Is it definable? What is it for, how are we drawn to it—and why do we sometimes resist it?
This week we welcome Dr. George Harne, president of Christendom College and an accomplished medieval and music history scholar. Drawing on his perspective as head of a vibrant Catholic liberal arts college, he speaks to us about the liberal arts as a path of study driven by beauty and contemplation, in pursuit of a true vision of reality.
Chapters:
2:02 Liberal arts: what free people study
5:51 Versus "humanities" or "classical education"
7:46 Why study them
9:43 Music as a liberal art…
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