Abstract
The humanities are today being threatened by the overwhelming demand for manpower for the industries, the demands of professionalising and of national interest in South Africa. 'The danger in this lies in the fact that the balance in society may be upset, at the cost of the cultural development of the people. The ideal of universal man is being relinquished more and more at the cost of specialization in the sciences. 'I here is thus a very real need today that the humanities should not be neglected, but should rather be studied more intensively.
Highlights
M aar, moet ons ons siel verloor in die proses?” H ierdie agteruitgang in die geesteswetenskappe kan wel histories beoordecl w ord
Dieselfde tradisie is voortgesit aan die Suid-A frikaanse Kollege en die V ictoria Kollcge” . “ Die idcaal wat ’n mens ook by Goethe, Schiller e.a. aantref, was om so opgevoed te word dat jy ’n universele mens is, in Italiaan suomn universale
D it is daarom noodsaaklik d at die eie plek van die geesteswetenskappe — en hulle eie aard — raakgesien moet word
Summary
Die rede sal wel deur die Akadcmie gepublisccr word, m aar die rcdaksie van Koers ag dit van sovecl bclang dat, met prof. Is dit nie so dat hierdie rigtings dikwels m aar met die krummels tevrede moet wees nie?
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