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According to Dr. Scott Samuelson, there are two general visions of suffering--the "Promethean" attitude, which holds that we'd be better off if we could minimize, perhaps even eliminate, suffering; and the "Orphic" attitude, which holds that finding ways of coming to terms with suffering is a crucial part of how we form our identities. Though skills pertinent to both attitudes should be cultivated in a good education, the Promethean attitude now threatens to drown out some of what's crucial in the Orphic approach. The deep value of studying the liberal arts is that it helps us in what John Keats called "soul-making."

Samuelson teaches philosophy at Kirkwood Community College and is the author of the Atlantic article, "Why I Teach Plato to Plumbers." Drawing examples from his book The Deepest Human Life, he will illustrate in his lecture what this soul-making process looks like and suggest ways that we can live more meaningful lives in relationship to death, pain, misery, and injustice.

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