“I know the cause . . . of your sickness. You have forgotten what you are.”
—Boethius
Alethea.Human life can be sustained either in the darkness of ignorance, which will cripple the mind, or in the light of knowledge, understanding, and wisdom, which will promote creativity and intellectual and social growth. Those arts that are meant to free the mind are called the liberal (liberating) arts, among which are the art of communication, the art of reasoning, the art of acting, behaving, and serving for the good of others (ethics), the art of creating—all of which play a decisive role in mastering the challenges of life for the betterment of humanity as well as its communities. Such arts will open us to a better understanding of who we are in the midst of the chaos of life by
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