My next bout with formal/technical training came from U of T.
I was directed to a course called the “Educated Imagination”.
The premise here is if you want to “think outside of the box” you must first learn what the box is.
There we were bombarded with mostly philosophy but included modern science and the bible.
If you want to take a peek at some social issues from the present and project them back about 3000 years pick up a book from the library called the Symposium by Plato.
I found the parts by Astrophanes and Socrates most interesting and enlightening. It’s a short book, quick and to the point.
Ryk.