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The word "humanism" derives from the Latin word humanitas, which was first used in ancient Rome by Cicero and other thinkers to describe values related to liberal education. [1] This etymology survives in the modern university concept of the humanities —the arts, philosophy, history, literature, and related disciplines.
The Anglo-Saxon historian Bede used the Latin phrase ante incarnationis dominicae tempus ("before the time of the Incarnation of the Lord") in his Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (Ecclesiastical History of the English People) (Book 1, Chapter 2) of 731 PCN, and thereby became the first author to describe a year as being before Christ. [7]
In Roman humanism, benevolence (benevolentia) was considered a feature of humanitas. This is particularly emphasized in the works of Cicero and Seneca. [ 15 ] In this context, benevolence drives the idea of humaneness and is understood as a feeling either of love or tenderness that makes "someone willing to participate, at the level of feeling ...
Secular humanism (1 C, 41 P) Pages in category "Branches of humanism" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
[1] Merlin Donald has claimed that human thought has progressed through three historic stages: the episodic, the mimetic, and the mythic stages, before reaching the current stage of theoretic thinking or culture. [2] According to him the final transition occurred with the invention of science in Ancient Greece. [3]
Was one of 21 Nobel Laureates who signed the Humanist Manifesto. [6] John Dewey: Signer of the original Humanist Manifesto. [21] In 1954, the American Humanist Association named Dewey a Humanist Pioneer. [27] John H. Dietrich: Signer of the original Humanist Manifesto, [21] and was named a Humanist Pioneer by the American Humanist Association ...
Joseph Heinrich Beuys (/ b ɔɪ s / BOYSS, German: [ˈjoːzɛf ˈbɔʏs]; 12 May 1921 – 23 January 1986) was a German artist, teacher, performance artist, and art theorist whose work reflected concepts of humanism and sociology.
The following is a list of Renaissance humanists, individuals whose careers threw light on the movement as a whole. List. Barlaam of Seminara (c. 1290-1348) (Italian)