In Defense Of Humanism
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In Defense Of Humanism
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Author : Richard A. Etlin
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1998-02-13
In Defense Of Humanism written by Richard A. Etlin and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-02-13 with Art categories.
In Defense of Humanism: Value in the Arts and Letters is a response to the critique of traditional humanism. In simple, clear language, Richard Etlin articulates the nature of aesthetic experience through analysis of works in a wide variety of media, including painting, sculpture, architecture, drawing, literature, and dance. Establishing categories for determining value in the arts and letters, Etlin also explores the operations of the creative process in a discussion of artistic genius, reaffirming the transcendent moral and enduring qualities in great works of art.
In Defense Of Secular Humanism
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Author : Paul Kurtz
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
In Defense Of Secular Humanism written by Paul Kurtz and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Philosophy categories.
A collection of essays by Paul Kurtz that offer a closely reasoned defense of secular humanism, arguing that ultraconservatives are not simply attacking secular humanism but also the basic tenets of free society and explaining the benefits of secular humanism in the modern world.
Man As An End A Defence Of Humanism
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Author : Alberto Moravia
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1965
Man As An End A Defence Of Humanism written by Alberto Moravia and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with categories.
In Defense Of Common Sense
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Author : Lodi Nauta
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2009
In Defense Of Common Sense written by Lodi Nauta and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with History categories.
One of the leading humanists of Quattrocento Italy, Lorenzo Valla (ca. 1406-1457) has been praised as a brilliant debunker of medieval scholastic philosophy. In this book Lodi Nauta seeks a more balanced assessment, presenting us with the first comprehensive analysis of the humanist's attempt at radical reform of Aristotelian scholasticism. This study examines Valla's attack on major tenets of Aristotelian metaphysics, showing how Valla employed common sense and linguistic usage as his guides. It then explicates Valla's critique of Aristotelian psychology and natural philosophy and discusses his moral and religious views, including Valla's notorious identification of Christian beatitude with Epicurean pleasure and his daring views on the Trinity. Finally, it takes up Valla's humanist dialectic, which seeks to transform logic into a practical tool measured by persuasiveness and effectiveness. Nauta firmly places Valla's arguments and ideas within the contexts of ancient and medieval philosophical traditions as well as renewed interest in ancient rhetoric in the Renaissance. He also demonstrates the relevance of Valla's conviction that the philosophical problems of the scholastics are rooted in a misunderstanding of language. Combining philosophical exegesis and historical scholarship, this book offers a new approach to a major Renaissance thinker.
Challenges To The Enlightenment
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Author : Academy of Humanism
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Challenges To The Enlightenment written by Academy of Humanism and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Philosophy categories.
Modern western society, with its democratic institutions and its reliance on science as the basis of technology and industry, is largely an outgrowth of Enlightenment ideals. Yet today the entire Enlightenment agenda is being challenged, not only by members of the religious orthodoxy but also by a group of academics loosely described under the label of "postmodernism." Whereas the Enlightenment project has always been at odds with religious orthodoxy, which has traditionally been suspicious of efforts to achieve human progress without supernatural support, today it must deal with a very different type of attack from postmodernist intellectuals.
On Humanism
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Author : Richard Norman
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2004-07-31
On Humanism written by Richard Norman and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-07-31 with Philosophy categories.
humanism /'hju:meniz(e)m/ n. an outlook or system of thought concerned with human rather than divine or supernatural matters. Albert Einstein, Isaac Asimov, E.M. Forster, Bertrand Russell, and Gloria Steinem all declared themselves humanists. What is humanism and why does it matter? Is there any doctrine every humanist must hold? If it rejects religion, what does it offer in its place? Have the twentieth century's crimes against humanity spelled the end for humanism? On Humanism is a timely and powerfully argued philosophical defence of humanism. It is also an impassioned plea that we turn to ourselves, not religion, if we want to answer Socrates' age-old question: what is the best kind of life to lead? Although humanism has much in common with science, Richard Norman shows that it is far from a denial of the more mysterious, fragile side of being human. He deals with big questions such as the environment, Darwinism and 'creation science', euthanasia and abortion, and then argues that it is ultimately through the human capacity for art, literature and the imagination that humanism is a powerful alternative to religious belief. Drawing on a varied range of examples from Aristotle to Primo Levi and the novels of Virginia Woolf and Graham Swift, On Humanism is a lucid and much needed reflection on this much talked about but little understood phenomenon.
Rhetoric And Philosophy In Renaissance Humanism
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Author : Jerrold E. Seigel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-12-08
Rhetoric And Philosophy In Renaissance Humanism written by Jerrold E. Seigel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-08 with PHILOSOPHY categories.
Cover -- Contents -- Part 1. Philosophy and the Humanist Defense of Rhetoeic -- Part 2. Some Contexts of Petearchian Humanism
The Complete Works Of St Thomas More In Defense Of Humanism
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Author : Saint Thomas More
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1963
The Complete Works Of St Thomas More In Defense Of Humanism written by Saint Thomas More and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1963 with Utopias categories.
The Complete Works Of St Thomas More In Defense Of Humanism Letters To Dorp Oxford Lee And A Monk Together With Historia Ricardi Tertii Edited By Daniel Kinney
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Author : Saint Thomas More
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1963
The Complete Works Of St Thomas More In Defense Of Humanism Letters To Dorp Oxford Lee And A Monk Together With Historia Ricardi Tertii Edited By Daniel Kinney written by Saint Thomas More and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1963 with categories.
Language Truth And Literature
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Author : Richard Gaskin
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2013-04-18
Language Truth And Literature written by Richard Gaskin and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-18 with Literary Criticism categories.
Richard Gaskin offers an original defence of literary humanism, according to which works of imaginative literature have an objective meaning which is fixed at the time of production and not subject to individual readers' responses. He shows that the appreciation of literature is a cognitive activity fully on a par with scientific investigation.