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Reply to "Why, oh why, do the schools still ask students to read so much fiction?"
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[quote=Anonymous]Literature teaches us about human nature, and if you read enough 'old' fiction, you'll see that human nature has not changed one bit, despite all the technological changes. What made "the Greeks" happy and sad, or dejected or hopeful is the same as what happens to us today. So if you want to make a utilitarian argument, you might say that you are better off learning about something rather long-lasting (i.e. human nature as described in novels and myths) rather than the science of the day, which will be revised soon enough. [/quote]
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