A perspective or doctrine that focuses primarily on the interests, capacities, and achievements of human beings. This focus on human concerns has led some to conclude that human beings have rightful dominion over the earth and that their interests and...

A philosophical position having two variants: the first rejecting all beliefs in a divine force; second, it is sometimes used to refer to a humanistic position. See humanistic...

Humanism Humanism in the present era signifies an ideological doctrine that places human beings, as opposed to God, at the center of the universe. Although a focus on human nature and human life can be traced back ultimately to ancient Greek thought,...

HUMANISM. The Christian humanism of the Renaissance and Reformation period was a complex intellectual movement, primarily literary and philological in nature, but with important historical, philosophical, and religious implications. Humanism was rooted...

See also the specific life stance known as Humanism For the Renaissance liberal arts movement, see Renaissance humanism Humanism is a broad category of ethical philosophies that affirm the dignity and worth of all people, based on the ability to...

The current negative beliefs about the worsening state of the world is absolutely false. It leaves out the almost unlimited human capacity foradapting to the environment and creating innovations that create better ways of life. The recent attacks on humanity by environmentlists, as well...

LYNNE CHENEY, chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, had "an epiphany" when a school board official, asked why her students didn't know the history of the Civil War or the author of "Moby Dick," responded, "They know how to look it up."...

Global Warming: A noted Canadian climatologist gets death threats for refusing to embrace climate-change orthodoxy -- what Czech President Vaclav Klaus calls a "religion." Will skeptics suffer the fate of Galileo?In 1633, Galileo Galilei was indicted by the church "for holding as true a false...

Cuba said Monday it would sign an international agreement on civil and political rights while a few blocks away government supporters shoved and shouted down activists calling for improved human rights on the communist-run island.Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque marked International Human Rights Day with...

Analyzing the work of three humanist writers during the Renaisance.