Relating to studies that are liberal or classical rather than technical or vocational.

文科的，文学的：多指自由的或古典文化的学习，而不是技术或职业学习。

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Many of you know Hayek the classical liberal, but Jerry is following Hayek the social theorist, who attempted to integrate the rationality of rule-following into his philosophical anthropology at the deepest level.

FORBES: The Order of Public Reason