Why would you be afraid of death? It would be an inconvenience. I have a lot of undone things and its bound to get in the way. But, no, it doesnt scare me at all. – David Carradine
If history, philosophy and so on vanish from academic life, what they leave in their wake may be a technical training facility or corporate research institute. But it will not be a university in the classical sense of the term, and it would be deceptive to call it one. – Terry Eagleton