A conversation between Core's Humanities classes begins as we examine Aristotle, Confucius, Laozi, the Bhagavad-gita, Virgil, the Gospels, and Dante. Students compare Biblical and Classical views of the "way," or the best human life, and look at the synthesis of the two in Dante. A study of Western and Asian art at the Museum of Fine Arts brings out the contrast of traditions and highlights our focus on the relation of the individual to culture and to nature. Carries humanities divisional credit in CAS.