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Humanism

Humanism or Renaissance humanism is the cultural movement in Europe during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, that revived the language (in particular the Greek language), science, and poetry of classical antiquity (mainly Ancient Greece).

Humanism is also used to refer to various belief systems, including Secular humanism, Religious humanism, and Christian humanism.

A person primarily studying languages related to classical antiquity, such as Greek or Latin, and the art, literature and poetry of this epoch may sometimes be called a humanist and the main area of concern for these people is then referred to as humanities.

Table of contents
1 Humanism -- the humanist ethos
2 Humanism -- confused terminology
3 List of humanists
4 External links

Humanism -- the humanist ethos

Humanism is an ethos, attitude, or way of life centered on human interests or values, stressing an individual's dignity and worth and capacity for self-realization through reason and other human skills. It usually rejects supernaturalism, but some religious people consider themselves humanists.

See also: rationalist, Universalism, universism, secular humanism, religious (spiritual) humanism, New Humanism, transhumanism, humanistic psychology, social psychology

Humanism -- confused terminology

The writings of Pre-Socratic philosophers were lost to obscurity until Renaissance scholars rediscovered and translated them into modern language. Thus the term "humanist" can mean humanities scholar (who may be hostile to Secular Humanism and The Enlightenment), Renaissance intellectuals, and those who have agreement with the Pre-Socratics. To make matters worse, some use the term as a synonym for "humanitarian".

List of humanists

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Humanism Online
How to find humanist sites online
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7693

Corliss Lamont Website
Information on one of the leading intellectual and activist humanists of the 20th century, Corliss Lamont. Includes a PDF version of the 8th edition of his book, Philosophy of Humanism.
http://www.corliss-lamont.org/

What is Humanism?
An article by Fred Edwords of the American Humanist Association.
http://www.jcn.com/humanism.html

Humanism and the Humanist Manifestos
From an interfaith organization, information on the Humanist Manifestos of the 1930s and 1970s.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/humanism.htm

Humanist Institute, The
Training and education for humanist leadership.
http://www.humanistinstitute.org/

Humanism, Meanings of Life, Worldviews
A research programme of the University for Humanistics (Universiteit voor Humanistiek) at Utrecht in the Netherlands.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~pderkx/hmlwv.html

Humanist Contents
Current contents of humanist periodicals, available in the Library of the University for Humanistics, Utrecht, Netherlands.
http://www.uvh.nl/mag.asp?versie=eng&hId=sub94

Annotated Webliography of Humanism
From the Humanist University in Utrecht, Netherlands, an extensive and well-annotated listing of more web links on humanism and related topics.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~pderkx/humwebliography.html


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