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...inconsistency. The idea of a university, of liberal learning— which Harvard claims to exemplify—is a product of the West, and was founded largely on classical models and entirely immersed in the study of classical languages. Yet the very word itself—in Latin, universitas??€”suggests, even if it did not originally imply, a certain universality, an ability to understand, analyze, and evaluate all ideas, whether Western or not. Just because the Greeks invented philosophy does not mean that no other culture can learn from its insights.Characterized by narrow-minded disciplines...
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