[dexy]

Amazing how curriculum focus has changed--in no small part due to the invention of the computer. These topics have almost nothing to do with what most Harvard students study today. There's been so much new knowledge generated since then...

[32ftpersecond]

But we've strayed away from the old knowledge (e.g. classics) -- the stuff that keeps repeating itself...

[CamperBob]

If history repeats itself, then why not study newer, more relevant iterations?

[32ftpersecond]

The Classics are timeless and thus always relevant, that's why they're still read today. Can anyone really argue that reading Jimmy Carter over Cicero or Marcus Aurelius is preferable because of temporal relevancy factors?