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A) How are the humanities distinguished from other modes of human inquiry and expression?

b) How does the selected form of cultural expression compare with other forms you know about from the same time period?

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a. As you first consider what distinguishes the humanities from other modes of human inquiry and expression, you might want to look directly at the human impact they produce. Since humanities reflect social, personal, political, artistic, political, intellectual, and emotional themes within life both past and present, they are different.

Please note that they also seem to be different not just because of their human value but also because of their creative or ...

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