2006-09-20 08:46:49 · 4 answers · asked by J_B_BaLlin 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Any attitude that gives priority to human endeavors, their values, capacities, worth, interests, needs, and welfare, rather than to those of the gods, the spirits, the animals, or any other non-human thing. Also, the study of the humanities. The term is frequently qualified, as in "Renaissance humanism," which is characterized by a love of the achievements of the Greco-Roman world, an optimism that humans are inherently endowed with the skills necessary to reshape the world according to their own needs, and a belief in inherent human dignity. While the Renaissance humanists did not see their enlightened self-interest as a contradiction of their Christianity, a few recent demagogues identify "secular humanism" as a tacitly atheistic preoccupation with human affairs.
2006-09-20 11:45:41 · answer #1 · answered by samanthajanecaroline 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By differencing the status different people achieved, they realize that everyone has the same capacity, but not the same motive to improve themselves.
Everyone has the ability to improve, but some more than others.
2006-09-20 09:03:47 · answer #2 · answered by copita 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By "searching within."
2006-09-20 08:48:26 · answer #3 · answered by Zebra4 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
humanaists are optimistic(or in a denial)!!
2006-09-20 08:55:37 · answer #4 · answered by eternitystella 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋