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Re:Campuses getting less political as '60s professors retire by jimbokun on Thursday July 03, 2008 @10:45AM (#235199)
"A seminar on great books at Princeton jointly taught by two philosophers, the left-wing Cornel West and the right-wing Robert P. George."

I'd like to hear that.

Re:Campuses getting less political as '60s professors retire by hugh on Thursday July 03, 2008 @11:38AM (#235261)
Perhaps, but I'd prefer a seminar on great books taught my one really good professor who knew how to keep his own political views from tainting his views on literature.
Re:Campuses getting less political as '60s professors retire by edw519 on Thursday July 03, 2008 @11:54AM (#235279)
one really good professor who knew how to keep his own political views from tainting his views

You mean like a math or science professor?

Re:Campuses getting less political as '60s professors retire by hugh on Thursday July 03, 2008 @12:04PM (#235288)
Funnily enough, I was reading Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare last night, and thinking how great it was to have literature explained by a man with a clear scientific mind instead of a mushy literary one.

Unfortunately, the Asimovs of this world are few and far between.