Yes and yes ‘Starting in the 14th century, Petrarch urged his peers to recover the eloquence and moral seriousness of classical antiquity, arguing that education should cultivate virtue in students as much as it fostered any sense of technical knowledge. Coluccio Salutati, Chancellor of the Florentine Republic, transformed civic life in the city by demonstrating that humanistic learning could shape the fabric of public administration and lay the foundations for legitimate republican government.’
RE the foto in the article - i knew this was me homeland just from looking at the garden. We are impressed and psychologically imbued with our native plant types from age 2 to 10. . .
Yes!
Love the concept…
But as the article says, just look at the current state of our universities.
From the micro republic of letters…
To the MACRO Dictatorship of a Globally Digitaized Totalitarian AI.