Humanities and Academic Disciplines

Do you know what your human condition is? If this is a question that you have ever

asked yourself then you might have heard of humanities. “Humanities are academic disciplines

that study the human conditions, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or

speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural science.”

Wikipedia. (n.d.). Looking further into humanities we are able to better understand ancient and

modern languages, literature, law and history, just to name a few, a whole lot better.

Distinguishing the difference between humanities vs. other modes of human inquiry and

expression are simply put that humanities are the study of the humans action and reaction to

different areas mentioned above, were as other methods can include the study of science and

math as it relates to the items mentioned above. Art for example in an area of study is widely

considered in the humanities for the creative nature that one has to have to create “art”. First we

have the history of art, then drawing, painting and so on. This is an interesting topic when

dealing with humanities. Some say that it is pure talent and enjoyment when it comes to art.

Other say that it is something that has to be done very precise and thought out, then and only

then is something considered art.

Music is also a big topic when it comes to humanities. Like art it depends on the person

when it comes to humanities. One might think that music is a way of expression or a form of

speaking. Were as others might take music to the extreme and feel like they have to hit every

note at the exact same pitch every time or sing every word is the same tone every time to be

precise. Like a math equation, it must equal out to be the same every time or it will not work.

Another topic that we need to discuss is literature. At its broadest, it can mean any

sequence of words that has been saved for the spread in some form or an other, often it is used to

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show the creativeness or imaginative works such as stories, poems, and skits. It is also used for

the use if items that are of great significance and in need of reward. Shakespeare had literature

mastered at his prime and was able to express his love for plays and life through his writings. It

takes much talent to express yourself or something in the way that you intended it to come

Architecture is a great way for one to fully express themselves or share with millions the

way they are feeling or their creativeness. By constructing any type of building for the whole

world to see is a bold statement that should not be taken lightly or given only a few moments

thought. Yes, it does require great mathematical skill to be able to construct wonderful buildings

but it also take a very creative mind, a mind willing to be open and free to new ideas and

procedures, to try new things. One might argue that architecture is purely the use or mathematics

or geometry, but the bases of build something comes from deep within.

Now philosophy which is “investigation of the nature, causes, or principles of reality,

knowledge, or values, based on logical reasoning rather than empirical methods”

Answer.com. (2011) is definitely something that has to do with the study of humanities and how

the human nature reacts to such behaviors. It needs to be purely creative to even begin starting

In the world today there are many topics that we are able to discuss about the relations of

humanities. Given the few examples that we have discussed we are able to see that the relation

between humanities and other human inquiries are very well defined. We now know that

humanities are the study of academic disciplines that study the human conditions. I firmly

believe the humanities are great increased based on a right or left brained person. It takes great

creativity to come up with new laws, build an architectural beautiful building or create music

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that is pleasing to its listeners. The humanities are an essential thing to help us visualize the

study of academic disciplines.