Priam, King of Troy, begging for Hector's body:
"'Honor the gods, Achilles; pity him.
Think of your father; I'm more pitiful;
I've suffered what no other mortal has,
I've kissed the hand of one who killed my children.'
He spoke, and stirred Achilles' grief to tears;
He gently pushed the old man's hand away.
They both remembered; Priam wept for Hector,
Sitting crouched before Achilles' feet.
Achilles mourned his father, then again
Patroculs, and their mourning stirred the house."
The Iliad
Book 24 Lines 503-513
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It seems pointless to argue with someone who uses "bro" as a pronoun. Why anyone would want to study liberal arts in this day and age is beyond me. I suppose most would look and say, "What value does a liberal arts education offer?" The world is moving on, evidenced by the majority of jobs in the world being technology driven. I have known a great many liberal art majors in my time, and not one of them has ever gone on to any sort of successful career. To be honest, I think if we look at those who study the liberal arts, we would see a much higher rate of failure and bankruptcy than that of those who study more technical fields. This may come as a shock, but it's true. In its very roots, higher education was a leisurely pursuit for intellectuals among the elite. No one had time to bother with such luxuries as philosophizing: They were too busy making a living. Education was a frivolous pastime of the impractical; hence the term "Liberal arts." And thus it remains today. I notice from your previous posts that you are a realtor. My guess is that you recieved your liberal arts degree, went to grauate school for something like Art Appreciation or Sociology and found that it did not provide for your family. Sure, you can now analyze your poverty for hours on end thanks to your so called education, but an investment in an actual technical field, like Chemistry, Engineering, etc. would have likely proved more fruitful financially. Here's to reconsidering your "education"... bro.