Debates about the importance of the humanities versus the natural sciences in education are nothing new, writes @isakhammar.bsky.social — though the dominant view in early 19th-century Europe might come as a surprise to us today.
✍️ One from the JHoK Blog archive (2021)
Scientists, physicians, and state officials argued that the mental and moral development of students resulted from studying nature—just like their peers in philology and classical languages.
