Why Study Humanities
Define Humanities
Marina Bubnyak
HUM/100
September 30, 2014
Randal Allison
Define Humanities
Humanities—is a study of human culture with a great emphasis of history and art; further broken down into disciplines as music, performing art, theatre, religion, and languages. It is a study of what people have created and accomplished over a vast period of time. Nowhere in the definition of humanities have I seen science or medicine as sub study to humanities; maybe because science existed before human beings, but they were privileged to uncover and reveal to the rest of the World the new scientific laws. However, studying Humanities I would consider science piece as well, because it is also another significant achievement of the intelligent species.
Traveling is one of my favorite types of vacation. Every year I try to visit a different country or two. Summer of 2014 was packed with lots of new experiences, mixed emotions, new knowledge, and of course new perspectives of different cultures. This summer I had an opportunity to travel to Israel. There I visited places like Dead Sea, Red Sea, Tel Aviv, Ashdod and Mediterranean Sea, drove through two historically important deserts, the Judean Desert and The Desert of Negev, and of course Jerusalem, the city most desired and finally visited and explored.
Jerusalem, especially the Old City is a heritage of three different religions and a multitude of different nations. The place that I wanted to visit the most was the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, place that commemorates the hill where Jesus Christ was crucified and His tomb where He was buried. This site is controlled by The Greek Orthodox Church, but people from many different religious backgrounds visit the church. What I found absolutely amusing is that there are no descriptions inside the church of the exhibits. Only during my second visit to the church I realized that Golgotha (the hill of crucifixion) was located inside the church. When I
Marina Bubnyak
HUM/100
September 30, 2014
Randal Allison
Define Humanities
Humanities—is a study of human culture with a great emphasis of history and art; further broken down into disciplines as music, performing art, theatre, religion, and languages. It is a study of what people have created and accomplished over a vast period of time. Nowhere in the definition of humanities have I seen science or medicine as sub study to humanities; maybe because science existed before human beings, but they were privileged to uncover and reveal to the rest of the World the new scientific laws. However, studying Humanities I would consider science piece as well, because it is also another significant achievement of the intelligent species.
Traveling is one of my favorite types of vacation. Every year I try to visit a different country or two. Summer of 2014 was packed with lots of new experiences, mixed emotions, new knowledge, and of course new perspectives of different cultures. This summer I had an opportunity to travel to Israel. There I visited places like Dead Sea, Red Sea, Tel Aviv, Ashdod and Mediterranean Sea, drove through two historically important deserts, the Judean Desert and The Desert of Negev, and of course Jerusalem, the city most desired and finally visited and explored.
Jerusalem, especially the Old City is a heritage of three different religions and a multitude of different nations. The place that I wanted to visit the most was the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, place that commemorates the hill where Jesus Christ was crucified and His tomb where He was buried. This site is controlled by The Greek Orthodox Church, but people from many different religious backgrounds visit the church. What I found absolutely amusing is that there are no descriptions inside the church of the exhibits. Only during my second visit to the church I realized that Golgotha (the hill of crucifixion) was located inside the church. When I