You and me feel that it is high time for a world based on humanistic ideals. We are sick of being turned into competing consumer zombies.

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* A cultural and intellectual movement during the Renaissance, following the rediscovery of the art and literature of ancient Greece and Rome. ...
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* The new emphasis in the Renaissance on human culture, education and reason, sparked by a revival of interest in classical Greek and Roman literature, culture, and language. ...
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* An ethical doctrine that asserts the central importance of human life and experience on earth and the right and duty of each individual to explore and develop their potential. ...
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* Humanism is a democratic and ethical life stance, which affirms that human beings have the right and responsibility to give meaning and shape to their own lives. ...
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* A Renaissance philosophical and educational movement emphasizing the importance and dignity of the human existence, of the individual self, and of the here-and-now. ...
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* a philosophical orientation to education which holds that the purpose of education is to enhance personal growth and development. This growth of this philosophy among educator led to a swing from teacher-centred to learner-centred learning environments. ...
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* concern for human welfare, dignity and values.
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* Humanism is, more generally, a system of thought that focuses on human beings; their needs, capacities, values, interests, welfare, and worth. ...
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* A philosophical movement during the Renaissance that stressed life on Earth, and the quality of being human. Rejected living only for the afterlife of Christianity.
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* Focus on humankind as center of intellectual and artistic endeavor; method of study that emphasized the superiority of classical forms over medieval styles, in particular the study of ancient languages. (p. 524)
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* The system of philosophy based upon human reason, actions, and motives without concern of deity or supernatural phenomena.
www.carm.org/atheism/terms.htm

* The celebration and support of the skills, potential, characteristics and accomplishments of the human race considered as a whole.
kitoba.com/pedia/Glossary.html

* A term with a variety of meanings, ranging from a study of the humanities (languages, literature, philosophy, history, etc.) to secular humanism (see below).
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* The intellectual, scientific, and literary movement of the 14th to 16th centuries which exalted Greek and Roman culture and learning
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* (Knowledge said... ): This is the only way/ of truth ./ And the fool in me/ buried God's lantern in dark clay/ that an angel might not see (CP41)
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* Humanism is the movement of the fourteenth to the sixteenth centuries when all branches of learning, literary, scientific and intellectual, were based on the culture and literature of classical Greco-Roman antiquity.
www.finearttouch.com/Glossary_of_Art_Terms_and_Definitions.html

* ìA philosophy that places faith in the dignity of humankind and rejects the medieval perception of the individual as a weak, fallen creature. "Humanists" typically believe in the perfectibility of human nature and view reason and education as the means to that end. ...
english.montclair.edu/isaacs/605LitResearch/litermFA02.htm

* A complex movement, linked with the European Renaissance. Humanism is a philosophical system of thought that focuses on human value, thought, and actions. ...
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* The broad movement in philosophy and psychology that recognized the person and subjective dimensions of the human experience as central to knowing and valuing (Roy, 1988); includes the development of specific schools of thought such as secular, atheistic or Christian humanism.
www2.bc.edu/~royca/htm/keydef.htm

* humanitarianism: the doctrine that people's duty is to promote human welfare
* the doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self-realization through reason; rejects religion and the supernatural
* the cultural movement of the Renaissance; based on classical studies
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* Humanism is a broad category of ethical philosophies that affirm the dignity and worth of all people, based on the ability to determine right and wrong by appeal to universal human qualities--particularly rationalism. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanism

* Humanism is a comprehensive life stance that upholds human reason, ethics, and justice, and rejects supernaturalism, pseudoscience and superstition. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanism (life stance)

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