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What are the Humanities? Why is it studied by everyone?

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Liberal arts, humanities, cross disciplinary studies

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Humanities are referred to as disciplines of study, which include topics of human interest and which affect humans' lives. The subjects include languages and literature, philosophy, religion, cultural studies, social sciences, law, fine and performing arts, history, music, and communications studies.

Liberal arts education, today, in the world is evidence of the vast scope that humanities subject have and their importance in learning specialized and hard sciences.

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