These readings help us understand the development of human knowledge and societies over time by exploring past events, beliefs, discoveries, and ethical frameworks. They provide insight into different cultures, perspectives, and ways of thinking. Additionally, they offer opportunities to appreciate creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving strategies across various disciplines.
There is no fixed answer to this. It strongly depends on your interests. A few possibilities to consider: mathematics, computer science, economics, business law, philosophy and rhetoric, political science, physics, statistics, etc.
Steve Fuller has written: 'Philosophy, rhetoric, and the end of knowledge' -- subject(s): Knowledge, Theory of, Philosophy, Rhetoric, Science, Social aspects, Social aspects of Science, Theory of Knowledge
Bryan Greetham has written: 'Uses of Philosophy' 'Philosophy (Palgrave Foundations)' -- subject(s): Philosophy 'How to write better essays' -- subject(s): Essay, Academic writing, Rhetoric, Exposition (Rhetoric), Authorship, English language 'How to write your undergraduate dissertation' -- subject(s): Academic writing, Academic Dissertations, Undergraduates, Authorship 'How to write better essays' -- subject(s): Essay, Academic writing, Rhetoric, Exposition (Rhetoric), Authorship, English language
David L. Marshall has written: 'Vico and the transformation of rhetoric in early modern Europe' -- subject(s): Rhetoric, Philosophy
It deals with a wide variety of subjects, including political philosophy, ethics, metaphysics, ontology, logic, biology, rhetoric, and aesthetics.
Humanism
philosophy
Richard Marback has written: 'Plato's dream of sophistry' -- subject(s): Ancient Rhetoric, History, Influence, Philosophy, Rhetoric, Rhetoric, Ancient, Sophists (Greek philosophy) 'Managing vulnerability' -- subject(s): Reconciliation, Rhetoric, Democratization, Expression, Post-apartheid era, Political and social views 'Cities, cultures, conversations' -- subject(s): City and town life, College readers, English language, Problems, exercises, Readers, Rhetoric, Sociology, Urban, Urban Sociology
Sara L. McClintock has written: 'Omniscience and the rhetoric of reason' -- subject(s): Rhetoric, Buddhist philosophy, Buddhism, Omniscience (Theory of knowledge)
Well, slightly less history... But to be serious, they were taught Greek, religion (i.e. the Protestant religion usually) and mathematics. Philosophy, Literature (for example Chaucer. Greek playwrights, etc), as well as rhetoric (speaking out loud) were also studied.
The invention of rhetoric is associated with the Sophists, who were Greek teachers of philosophy and rhetoric during the 5th century B.C. They emphasized the art of persuasive speaking and argumentation in public discourse and debate.
subjects studied in universities in medieval Europe were philosophy, science, mathematics, architecture and art.