Examine Everything: Socrates and the Liberal Arts

Harvard FAS

At Harvard you will be freer to do what you want than perhaps at any other time of your life. To what, then, will you be most committed? Your extracurriculars or your coursework? Your friends or your GPA? Your job prospects or your political convictions? It is the purpose of the liberal arts to equip you to direct the course of your own life. This first-year seminar addresses your new freedom and offers the opportunity to re-examine your commitments, through an inquiry into the life and…